ISLAMABAD
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Sunday during a telephonic conversation with the President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan, expressed his gratitude to the people of Türkiye for extending humanitarian relief assistance to Pakistan in form of immediate dispatch of tents, emergency food items, and medicines via 12 Turkish military aircraft, 04 ‘Goodness Trains’ and 02 Turkish Red Crescent Trucks, the Prime Minister exclaimed that this is in the truest tradition of Pakistan-Türkiye exemplary relationship.
Sensitizing President Erdogan of the havoc caused by the riverine floods, the Prime Minister stated that as per initial estimates, the floods are likely to reduce Pakistan’s GDP by over 2 percentage points. He underlined that the ongoing floods have devastated millions of acres of standing crops, houses and critical infrastructure in the country.
Prime Minister Sharif conveyed that Pakistan was grappling with the immediate challenge of averting an imminent food insecurity in the country as well as providing for rescue and rehabilitation of the victims of this climate-induced calamity.
The Prime Minister briefed President Erdogan about the ongoing relief activities by the Government, and expressed his intention to seek Türkiye’s assistance in overcoming the food shortage as well as in undertaking reconstruction and rehabilitation of the flood-affected areas.
In the bilateral context, Prime Minister Sharif reaffirmed commitment to boost relations in all areas.
