Army chief meets Turkish president, PM

RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif, who is on an official visit to Turkey, called on Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday.

According to a tweet of the director general, Inter Services Public Relations, the Turkish leaders appreciated Pakistan’s role for regional peace and Pakistan Army’s contribution towards defeating terrorism.

The Turkish leadership emphasised fraternal ties between the two nations.

Also read: Raheel, Turkish army chief discuss fight against terror

The COAS assured the Turkish leadership and brothers of total support in handling their security challenges.

The army chief also held meetings with the Turkish defence minister and chief of general staff and expressed satisfaction on the defence cooperation between the two countries. Both sides vowed to enhance defence collaboration.

Published in Dawn, October 14th , 2015

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Comments (19) Closed

Ashok B

Oct 14, 2015 07:21am

Now a days Pakistan is too busy in taking appreciation from other countries. Actually its good strategy, first you create a mess and then you cleanup.

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Cyrus

Oct 14, 2015 07:24am

Regional peace? Which region?

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Vinit

Oct 14, 2015 07:47am

Right man doing the wrong job. What is the Foreign Office for? The General's 100% concentration should be on Zarb-e-Azb.

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Mian Amir Hakim

Oct 14, 2015 08:22am

@Ashok B. The mess you are talking about was not created by Pakistan. It was the geomilitary situation created by Russian aggression. Later if the Americans vamoosed the highly trained, battle hardy and well armed fighters to play havoc with not only the place of their birth but neighboring countries as well. Blaming Pakistan is unjustified. After having lost so much to wars and hatred. We now must now learn to live like good neighbors. Shifting of blame is considered bad in all societies.

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Sam

Oct 14, 2015 09:19am

COAS seems to have taken on the role of foreign secretary. Hope he has time for his army.

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M.Asim

Oct 14, 2015 09:24am

nice General sahib..keep it up!!!!!

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C.K.

Oct 14, 2015 09:59am

The situation is so different from India....Here in India we have no awareness of the various trips our Chief of Army makes to different countries. That clearly shows the importance of the role the army plays in each of the the countries' governance.

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Lala

Oct 14, 2015 10:04am

Much love from KPK Gen. Raheel

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rich

Oct 14, 2015 10:27am

the democratic world will be wondering at pakistani democracy

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Pakistan

Oct 14, 2015 10:34am

@C.K. ; indeed we are two very different nations and there is nothing wrong with being different. Cheers!

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wiseowl

Oct 14, 2015 12:20pm

Hope PM Nawaz Sharif knows and approves COAS actions.

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rahul1

Oct 14, 2015 12:52pm

Oh! so COAS is the one who manages external affairs!!

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Parvez

Oct 14, 2015 01:07pm

Thats good....but Pakistan needs you more at this time.

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Bairooni Haath

Oct 14, 2015 01:15pm

Pakistan has hardly any trade with Turkey, yet all Pakistanis in official positions are always meeting, visiting, seeking appreciation from the Turks. Why Pakistan cannot have a foreign policy based on its own interests rather than trying to create links which do not exist.

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vicky

Oct 14, 2015 01:38pm

In a democracy COAS always take a back seat and elected representatives are the one who leads the nation.........

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M. Asghar

Oct 14, 2015 01:53pm

The COAS is doing the job of the government, because the actual government is a group of persons running after their own interests.

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rek

Oct 14, 2015 02:31pm

@Sam you are right

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Taimoor Khan

Oct 14, 2015 02:34pm

While we should share our experience with Turkey in dealing with these monsters, as we are the only nation who have successfully dealt with these lot with iron fist, the focus of our help should only be limited to the internal situation of Turkey. This should not, under no circumstances be extended to the situation in Syria. Our budding relationship with Russia are far too important, specially in context with our dealings with India. A friendly and neutral Russia in Pak-Indo relations, outweighs any foreign policy issue.

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prasant

Oct 14, 2015 02:39pm

The way Mr Raheel is doing civilian govt role, it seems either NS govt ministers have no intellectual left or another zia, pervaiz in making.

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