ISLAMABAD, Sept. 14 -- The visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu held official talks with his Pakistani counterpart Shah Mehmood Qureshi here on Friday and appreciated Pakistan's "successful and strong action to subdue and defeat the menace of extremism and terrorism," officials said.
The Turkish foreign minister, who arrived in Islamabad early on Friday, is accompanied by a high-level delegation.
Both the foreign ministers held a one-on-one meeting followed by delegation level talks in which senior officials from both sides were present, Pakistani foreign ministry said.
Speaking at a joint press conference after official talks, Qureshi and Cavusoglu said Pakistan and Turkey have agreed to further bolster their trade, economic, investment and defense relations.
Qureshi said the meeting also provided an opportunity to discuss the progress on Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
"Both sides agreed to revive the process of talks on FTA and take it to logical conclusion at the earliest," the Pakistani foreign minister said and referred to the high level strategic council exists between the two countries, which provides mechanism to ensure implementation on the already signed projects.
Qureshi noted that regular exchange of high-level visits, and presence of a number of institutional frameworks under the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council (HLSCC), was indicative of the close bilateral ties maintained at various levels. Pakistan and Turkey support each other on all issues of core concern to both sides.
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