The First Pakistan-Turkiye-Azerbaijan Trilateral Summit was held today in Astana, Kazakhstan on the sidelines of Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Summit. The Summit was attended by President of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Ilham Heydar Aliyev, Prime Minister of Pakistan, Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif, and President of Turkiye, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.

Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif welcomed the convening of the First Azerbaijan-Pakistan-Turkiye Trilateral Meeting at the Summit level. He termed it as a natural progression of trilateral engagements amongst the three brotherly Muslim countries which share a similar outlook on a host of issues of mutual interest and common concern.

The Prime Minister underscored that Pakistan deeply values its fraternal ties with Azerbaijan and Turkiye which are grounded in deep rooted cultural, historic and religious bonds as well as mutual respect and support for each other’s core issues. He also emphasized strong bonds of friendship and robust people-to-people contacts amongst the three countries.

Noting the excellent trilateral cooperation in political, parliamentary and defence domains since the First Trilateral Meeting of Foreign Ministers of the three countries held in Baku in 2017, the leaders reaffirmed strong commitment to working together with Azerbaijan and Turkiye to elevate the tripartite cooperation into a strong multifaceted partnership across all areas of mutual interest including trade, energy, tourism, cultural, educational, technology and innovation, healthcare and environmental cooperation.
 
The Prime Minister of Pakistan proposed to establish tripartite institutional mechanisms particularly in economic and investment areas to further strengthen Azerbaijan-Pakistan-Turkiye trilateral economic and commercial cooperation. He also outlined the significant potential for collaboration in the areas of culture, tourism, academia as well as science and technology.

Azerbaijan, Pakistan and Turkiye have previously held trilateral consultations at the level of Foreign Ministers, Speakers of Parliaments and Defence Personnel.
 
Islamabad
 3 July 2024