Pakistan and Turkiye have reaffirmed their support for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza as Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, state-run Radio Pakistan reports.

On an official visit to Ankara, they also called for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with pre-1967 borders and Al Quds Al Sharif as the capital.

Erdogan expressed appreciation for Pakistan’s “resolute stance” on the Palestinian issue.

“Pakistan was one of the countries that gave [the] strongest reaction to genocide in Gaza,” the report quoted him as saying.

The two also “called for unhindered flow of humanitarian assistance in Gaza for the Palestinian people”, as per the report.