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Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to visit Pakistan on October 24

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan to visit Pakistan on October 24
September 27, 2019
ISLAMABAD (92 News) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan will visit Pakistan on October 24. Sources said that a high-level delegation of traders will also accompany the Turkish president. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan confirmed his visit during a meeting with Prime Minister Imran Khan. Addressing the UN General Assembly session in New York on September 24, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that it is imperative to solve the Kashmir issue through dialogue and on the basis of justice and equity. He said that the stability and prosperity of South Asia cannot be separated from the Kashmir issue. The Turkish president criticized international community for failing to pay attention to Kashmir conflict which awaits solution for the last 72 years. “The United Nations will have to fulfill its responsibility. Pakistan and India will have to hold dialogues over the Kashmir issue,” he said. About the Iran nuclear deal issue, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said nuclear power should either be free for all states or banned completely, and warned that the ‘inequality’ between states who have nuclear power and who do not undermines global balances. Turkey signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in 1980, and has also signed the 1996 Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, which bans all nuclear detonations for any purpose. Erdogan has hinted in the past that he wanted the same protection for Turkey as Israel, which foreign analysts say possesses a sizable nuclear arsenal. “The position of nuclear power should either be forbidden for all or permissible for everyone,” Erdogan told the UNGA. In his speech, Erdogan also called on the international community to help securing peace and safety in the Syrian city of Idlib, adding that establishing a “safe zone” in northern Syria will save millions of lives. Turkey, which hosts 3.6 million Syrian refugees, controls parts of northern Syria where it says 350,000 Syrians have already returned.