{"id":124746,"date":"2026-08-31T23:25:24","date_gmt":"2026-08-31T18:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=124746"},"modified":"2026-08-31T23:25:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T18:25:24","slug":"pakistan-turkiye-agree-to-strengthen-defence-cooperation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-world-news\/pakistan-turkiye-agree-to-strengthen-defence-cooperation\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan, T\u00fcrkiye agree to strengthen defence cooperation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\" data-start=\"238\" data-end=\"365\"><strong data-start=\"238\" data-end=\"251\">ISTANBUL:<\/strong> Pakistan and T\u00fcrkiye have agreed to further strengthen bilateral defence cooperation, particularly in the region.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"367\" data-end=\"496\">Minister for Defence Khawaja Muhammad Asif held a meeting with T\u00fcrkiye\u2019s Minister of National Defence Yasar G\u00fcler here on Monday.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"498\" data-end=\"696\">The meeting took place ahead of the inaugural session of the Strategic Political and Defence Committee, established under the Makkah Joint Defence Agreement among Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and T\u00fcrkiye.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"698\" data-end=\"810\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\">Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces, General Selcuk Bayraktaroglu, also attended the meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISTANBUL: Pakistan and T\u00fcrkiye have agreed to further strengthen bilateral defence cooperation, particularly in the region. 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