Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari received Turkish Ambassador Mehmet Pacaci on Wednesday.
\nBoth sides reaffirmed bilateral understanding and coop. including in multilateral platforms.
\nPakistan and Turkiye will continue to further enhance cooperation in trade and investment, defence, regional connectivity, education and culture.
\nTurkiye launched its first aircraft carrier on Monday, aiming to extend its drone capabilities from land-based to naval operations amid increased regional tensions as war rages in Ukraine on the other side of the Black Sea, Reuters reported.
\nThe TCG Anadolu can handle only light aircraft, chiefly helicopters and jets that can take off from shorter runways. It is 232 metres long and 32 meters wide, and can carry some 1,400 personnel \u2014 one battalion of soldiers \u2014 combat vehicles and support units to operate overseas.
\n\u201cThis vessel will allow us to conduct military and humanitarian operations in every corner of the world, when needed,\u201d President Tayyip Erdogan said at the launch ceremony in Istanbul.
\n\u201cWe see this vessel as a symbol that will consolidate Turkiye\u2019s regional leadership position,\u201d he said.
\nThe amphibious assault ship was built in Istanbul\u2019s Sedef Shipyard by a Turkish-Spanish consortium, based on the design of Spanish light aircraft carrier Juan Carlos I. Ankara\u2019s original plan was to deploy F-35 B-model fighter jets, which can take off from shorter runways, on its largest warship.
\nBut its plans had to change after the United States removed Turkiye, a Nato ally, from its F-35 program over Ankara\u2019s purchase of Russian S-400 defence systems in 2019. Turkiye then converted TCG Anadolu into a drone carrier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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