Islamabad: (Parliament Times) The President Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Masood Ahmed Khan has thanked Turkey for its strong, consistent and steadfast support to the right to self-determination of the people of Jammu and Kashmir at the international forums, especially in the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).
The AJK President Sardar Masood Khan said this while talking to Mustafa Baber Girgin, Ambassador of Turkey, who called on him here on Tuesday. Speaking on the occasion Khan said, “Turkey is a founding member of the OIC Contact Group on Jammu and Kashmir and has always called for an end to the massive human rights violation taking place in IOK and a just solution for the dispute”.
President Masood Khan thanked President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for raising the profile of the issue of Jammu and Kashmir and in fact offering good offices and mediation for the resolution of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute.
The AJK President conveyed deep appreciation of the people of Azad Kashmir to the Turkish envoy for Turkey’s generous support to the reconstruction of Muzaffarabad after the 2005 earthquake.
“Now new linkages between the higher education institutions of AJK and Turkey were being explored”, he said adding that exchanges of faculty and students would further cement the brotherly ties between Turkey, Pakistan and AJK. Moreover, he said that exchanges of parliamentary and cultural delegations would further cement the two people’s historical bonds.
Ambassador Girgin, who paid farewell call on AJK president, said that his assignment in Pakistan was most productive during which he saw Pakistan making strides towards development and progress; and Pakistan Turkish relationship reaching new heights.
