President Asif Ali Zardari has invited Turkish companies to benefit from investment-friendly policies of Pakistan and invest through the Pakistan Stock Exchange.                           

He was talking to Ambassador of Turkiye to Pakistan Dr Mehmet Pacaci who called on him in Islamabad today.

The President called for further enhancing bilateral cooperation with Turkiye in trade, economy, education and culture.    

He said Pakistan can benefit from Turkiye's development experience, especially in infrastructure development.      

The President suggested undertaking a joint feasibility study to establish a railway connection between the two countries for promoting regional connectivity.                 

 He also underlined the need for increasing bilateral educational and cultural exchanges.           

Asif Ali Zardari said Pakistan and Turkiye enjoy historic and long-standing ties and they always supported and stood by each other in difficult times.          

He said Pakistan looks forward to welcoming Turk President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the 7th High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council session in Pakistan.  

The President expressed his gratitude to Turk President for his congratulatory messages on his election as President of Pakistan and at the beginning of Ramzan-ul-Mubarak.

He also conveyed warm greetings and sentiments to the Turk President.