ISLAMABAD: Finance Minister Senator Ishaq Dar here on Thursday held joint meeting with Yil Drim Turgul Turkes and Deputy Prime Ministers of Turkey Veysi Kaynak at PM House and discussed matters of bilateral interests between the two countries.
Deputy prime ministers of Turkey congratulated the finance minister over achievement of economic stability in Pakistan within a short span of time, said a press release issued here. Dar expressed his government desire to further strengthen the already close economic and trade relations between Pakistan and Turkey corresponding with close political and historic relations.
He praised business friendly taxation system of Turkey and showed keen interests to learn from Turkish experience. Both sides on the occasion appreciated the exemplary brotherly relationship between Pakistan and Turkey. It was agreed on the occassion that all necessary measures should be undertaken to further enhance bilateral trade and economic cooperation.
The finance minister acknowledged that government and people of Turkey were always the first to reach and help Pakistan in hour of need. He said that, in recent years, the First Lady of Turkey had played a leading and exemplary role in providing help mitigate the suffering of citizens affected by natural disasters in Pakistan, including earthquakes and floods.
Dar said that Pakistan had achieved macroeconomic stability during the present government, and now the government had focused on stimulating economic growth. He said that the improvement in Pakistan’s economy had been recognised by multilateral international organisations and international credit rating agencies, in the form of raised growth projections and credit rating upgrades.
He praised the taxation model of Turkey and said that cooperation efforts are already being undertaken at the appropriate level to draw lessons from the Turkish experience.
The deputy prime ministers of Turkey congratulated the finance minister on achieving economic stability in Pakistan within a short span of time. Deputy Prime Minister Yildirim Tugrul Turkes said that Turkey had undertaken its tax reforms in a business friendly manner, and Turkey would be happy to assist Pakistan in any way possible with its tax reforms.
