Zardari, Putin vow to boost bilateral ties on Ashgabat huddle sidelines
Wire desk byline Sourced from Xinhua, Dawn, Arab News, Anadolu and Minute Mirror. Translated and abridged by the GSRRA Desk.
Pakistan and Russian presidents meet on the sidelines of a two-day international forum in the Turkmen capital
- President Zardari met his Russian counterpart Putin in Ashgabat.
- The informal interaction was held on the sidelines of a two-day international forum.
- Forum held to commemorate the birth anniversary of Turkmen thinkers.
President Asif Ali Zardari and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Friday emphasized further strengthening of the bilateral relationship between the two countries.
The development came during an informal meeting between the two leaders on the sidelines of the two-day international forum on “Interrelation of Times and Civilisations- Basis for Peace and Development” here in the Turkmen capital.
The moot was held to commemorate the 300th birth anniversary of Magtymguly Faragi, a great Turkmen thinker, poet, and philosopher.
Both leaders expressed good wishes for each other, according to a statement issued by the President’s House.
Earlier, the president, who arrived here on Thursday for a two-day visit, also addressed the forum which was also attended by Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Uzbekistan President Shavkat Mirziyoyev, Tajik President Emomali Rehmon, Kyrgyz President Sadyr Japarov and others.
In his address, the president stressed the need to focus on promoting connectivity among regional countries and help strengthen cultures and economic cooperation.
He said Pakistan and Turkmenistan share a deep-rooted bond of brotherhood which is built on mutual respect, commonality of faith, and a shared vision of a better peaceful future.
The president extended his heartfelt appreciation to the government and brotherly people of Turkmenistan for organizing a prestigious event aimed at promoting understanding, peace, and dialogue among cultures.
President Zardari expressed his delight to share that our national poet, Allama Muhammad Iqbal, and towering figure of Turkmen literature, Makhdum Gulli Fraghi share several commonalities in their poetry and thoughts on Sufism and nationalism.
He commended the president of Turkmenistan, Sardar Berdi Muhammedov, for organizing this event to promote the works of Makhdum Gulli Fraghi as well as providing an opportunity to interact with the leadership of regional countries that would help strengthen our bonds of friendship.
The president also congratulated the Turkmen nation on the announcement of 2024 as the “Year of the great poet and thinker of the Turkic world- Makhdum Gulli”.
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Zamir Ahmed Awan is the founder and Chair of the Global Silk Route Research Alliance, a think tank in Islamabad. He studied engineering at Shanghai University in the 1980s, and years later he went back to China as Pakistan's science counsellor in Beijing, from 2010 until 2016, working on science and higher education cooperation between the two countries.…
