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I think this alliance contribute alot in Pakistan economy. Turkey,Malaysia and even Iran they design there own industrial complex. They have knowledge and foundation of progressive industrialization. Good universities, lots of research. Pakistan import lots of products from Malaysia, Turkey is huge help in military industrialization, construction , road, dams etc These nation greatly help Pakistan to overcome the dependency on imports.
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pic) dismissed foreign reports that Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan has cancelled his trip here for the Kuala Lumpur (KL) 2019 Summit following pressure from Saudi Arabia as untrue.
Dr Mahathir said that Imran, who earlier called him to express his regrets for not being able to attend the summit, which starts tomorrow (Dec 18) until Sunday (Dec 21), could have his own reasons.
"That's his choice, we cannot force. In Islam, there is no compulsion in religion.
"He can't come maybe because of other issues.
"But what was reported in the media was not true.
"There is no problem," he told reporters at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre (KLCC) here on Tuesday (Dec 17).
It was reported by foreign media such as Pakistan's Geo News that Imran cancelled his scheduled visit to Malaysia under pressure from Saudi Arabia.
Earlier in a statement, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) clarified that all 56 countries of the Islamic world were invited and all 56 were represented at various levels.
The KL Summit 2019 was supposed to bring together the heads of government from Malaysia, Indonesia, Pakistan, Turkey and Qatar to address and resolve issues concerning Muslims.
"We invited 50 countries but for the heads of government, at first only three were supposed to be involved then we invited Qatar and Indonesia, if they're interested.
"But if they can't come then we can't force them to.
"They have sent their delegations and representatives, they seem interested in the subjects that we are discussing.
"Hopefully, they (the leaders) will receive some of the information regarding our discussions, which have nothing to do with religion, but instead, the state of affairs of the Muslims," added Dr Mahathir.
https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nat...t-trip-due-to-saudi-arabia-pressure-says-dr-m
You sir, are a GENTLEMAN.....Props to Malaysians for electing such a boss.
God...Just observe the difference b/w Saudis leadership and Malaysian one. Didn't join Yemen war, got threatened....didn't join KL summit, well no worries....
Pakistan future lies with these sensible allies. Make that new alliance functional and drag Pakistan into it. Announce in that summit that Pakistan fully supports this initiative and will soon be part of it.
@rambro
This will eventually create a block. Pak-Saudi incident has push this situation to new level. Because these conference never held over night. All summit working groups sit together and spend months to organize treaties among member countries. Imagine if Pakistan is out ....... what will be the impact and how other nations perceive about Pakistan.Yup, the meeting is no where suggest that they will create a Muslim block from this 6 countries (Pakistan, Turkey, Malaysia, Indonesia, Qatar, Iran). Previous plan is to make such block as Mahathir as said to set up a headquarter of this group and said Indonesia is the option for the headquarter place.
Indonesian government on the other hand oppose such effort and suggest for all Muslim nation to use OIC instead to discuss Muslim issue despite keep sending its FM to attend the conference.
Indonesia current administration focuses more on economic development and still hope for Saudi and UAE investment pledge to materialized so I think this is the reason of our vice president sudden cancellation to give speech there. Jokowi also doesnt have any global ambition as it is why he never give speech on UN assembly meeting every years since being elected. I dont think he has any ambition to challenge Saudi dominant influence on Muslim world.
I think cooperation between Muslim countries will be set up in bilateral basis and for Indonesian-Turkish defense cooperation I think is currently under intense talk before Erdogan visit to Indonesia in early 2020 to celebrate our 70 years relationship.
What Pakistan has lost not attending this summit ...... you can easily asses.
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