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'We will pass on the giant projects in defense industry'
"Pakistan and Turkey are about to spend a great deal of time on giant projects in the field of defense industry," Pakistan Industrial and Production Minister Huseyin, who is based in Istanbul under IDEF 2017, said.
05/09/2017
ISTANBUL - Gülsüm Incekaya
Tenvir Hussein , Minister of Industry and Production of Pakistan , said Pakistan and Turkey are about to spend a great deal of time on giant projects in the field of defense industry.
13th International Defense Industry Fair Hussein, who is based in Istanbul under IDEF 2017, had to explain AA correspondent between Turkey and Pakistan on business cooperation in the field of defense industry.
Referring to the agreements to be made under IDEF 2017, Huseyin informed that 52 training aircraft produced by Pakistan will sign a contract for the sale to Turkish Air Force. Hussein also noted that the T129 ATAK helicopter also continued to work on procurement from Turkey.
Turkey - Pakistan co-production battle project on the views and opinions about the continued Hussein, said:
"Pakistan and Turkey are about to spend a great deal of time on the defense industry, and with the approach of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan," Turkey should produce a national war plane, "Turkey will start to produce its own national war plane in 10 years. First, the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) will provide support for the integration of our factory, and the second phase will be a business alliance with the British Air Force, and at that point we will be the partner of this program in Pakistan. "
Hüseyin stated that the preparations for the business alliance regarding the construction of the MILGEM corvette vessels continued, "We plan to establish a business relationship with Turkey in the MILGEM program. We plan to produce some vessels in the Pakistani Black Sea Shipyard and some in the shipyards in Turkey. We are continuing our efforts to increase our cooperation with Turkey in the field of defense industry. " He shared his knowledge.
Huseyin said that the joint ventures between companies such as Aselsan and Machinery and Chemical Industry Corporation (MKEK) and companies such as Pakistan NRTC and Heavy Industries Teksila (HIT) are continuing for the defense industry.
"We have been working with Turkey in many areas of the defense industry and we have had very serious cooperation in the past and the most important examples are the radio program which is very important for us and realized between NRTC and ASELSAN which is already going on. And most of the defense industry institutions of both countries carry out many programs through business associations.At recent, we built the construction of 17 thousand tons capacity fuel tank in the Karachi Shipyard with the construction of Turkey in accordance with the needs of Pakistan Naval Forces, Super Mushshak soldier Agreement was also reached on the purchase of training aircraft. "
"We have carried our good relations with Erdoğan to much better levels"
Indicating that Pakistan is always in Turkey for any international or regional problem, Hussein concluded his words as follows:
"We support each other and support each other in the field and our mutual solidarity is the same even in all international forums, if Turkey is an international or regional problem, we are always behind, and in the same way Turkey supports Pakistan in every platform. Mr. Erdogan has always been at the forefront of bilateral relations between Turkey and Pakistan, and President Nawaz Sharif has always supported and defended relations with the same feelings. This is a situation that further supports the current atmosphere, and our share in all areas is growing day by day, and our commercial and military agreements are the best indicators. "
