ISLAMABAD: President Dr Arif Alvi has said that the brotherly relations between Pakistan and Turkiye were anchored in the hearts of the people of the two countries.
The president, in a meeting with the outgoing Ambassador of Turkiye to Pakistan Ihsan Mustafa Yurdakul, said both the nations enjoyed exemplary cordial ties rooted in shared social, cultural and religious values. He expressed the hope that these mutually rewarding multi-dimensional relations would go from strength to strength in future as well.
The president observed that Turkiye and Pakistan, along with other Muslim countries, advocated the need to counter Islamophobia on various fora, including the OIC and the UN General Assembly, which finally bore fruit when the United Nations designated March 15 as the International Day to Combat Islamophobia.