President Dr Arif Alvi Saturday landed in Istanbul for a three-day visit, at the invitation of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Governor Istanbul Ali Yerlikaya, senior Turkish officials and Ambassador of Pakistan Muhammad Syrus Qazi received the president at Atatürk Airport, according to a President House press release.
During his stay from August 14-16, President Alvi will be holding a meeting with President Erdogan and will jointly inaugurate the 1st Milgem Class Corvette being built by Turkey for Pakistan Navy.
He will also be meeting with the leading Turkish businessmen to boost economic cooperation between the two countries.
Both the brotherly countries enjoy excellent relations and the visit of President Alvi will further deepen fraternal ties.
Earlier in July, Prime Minister Imran Khan offered Turkey all-out help as the death toll in wildfires has risen to four with large scale evacuations.
Thousands of firefighters battled blazes for weeks as 70 wildfires broke out across 17 provinces on the country’s Aegean and Mediterranean coasts in late July.
“We stand with the govt & people of Turkey & share in their sorrow at the tragic loss of life in the wildfires tragedy,” the premier tweeted.
