The foreign ministers of the three countries agreed to bolster collaboration in key areas
The foreign ministers of Pakistan, Turkey and Azerbaijan issued a joint declaration to improve collaboration in political, strategic, trade, economic, peace and security, science and technology and cultural fields.
They agreed to expand the partnership after the signing of the ‘Islamabad Declaration’ at the end of the second round of trilateral dialogue of Foreign Ministers of the three countries in Islamabad on January 13.
Peace and Security
Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Foreign Minister of Turkey Mevlut Cavusoglu, Foreign Minister of Azerbaijan Jeyhun Bayramov also renewed resolve to strengthen cooperation in peace and security to combat all forms of terrorism as well as transnational organized crime, drugs and human trafficking, money laundering, and cybercrimes.
Defense ties
Foreign ministers of Pakistan, Turkey and Azerbaijan agreed to enhance cooperation in defense and security fields, including through sharing best practices, capacity building, new and emerging technologies and regular exchanges of officials.
Improve regional connectivity
The three friendly countries vowed to enhance regional connectivityand nd strengthening air, rail and road links to imporve transport, trade, energy, people-to-people contacts, education, social and cultural exchange, tourism, and ICT ties.
Counter emerging threats
The three foreign ministers also agreed to jointly respond to emerging threats and challenges including foreign sponsored acts of terrorism, targeted disinformation campaign, cyber-attacks, hybrid warfare, and escalating trends of Islamophobia. They agreed to enhance joint efforts on combating Islamophobia, discrimination and persecution of Muslim minorities in different countries.
Health and pandemic
Discussing the implications for economic growth and public health due to COVID-19 pandemic, they agreed to exchange information, research, expertise and best practices to address the health challenge.
Food security and energy
The three countries would also intensify cooperation to address the food and energy security, environment, sustainable development and climate change challenges.
End to conflicts
In the joint communique, the three foreign ministers reiterated their principled position for a peaceful settlement of the Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir dispute in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council Resolutions and expressed deep concern over India’s unilateral actions of August 5, 2019, demographic change and continuing grave human rights violations in and efforts to change the demographic structure of Jammu and Kashmir.
The three foreign ministers restated their support for putting an end to the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict and normalization of relations on the basis of sovereignty and territorial integrity and in accordance with the relevant UN Security Council resolutions.
They supported a just, sustainable and realistic and mutually accepted settlement of the Cyprus issue, as well as the issues in the Aegean and the Eastern Mediterranean based on international law.
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