ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif will pay a two-day official visit to Turkey starting today, Friday, where he will inaugurate a corvette ship for the Pakistan navy.
Turkey said in 2018 it would sell four corvette ships to Pakistan’s Navy, Turkey’s biggest single military export deal.
"Alongside President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, the Prime Minister will jointly inaugurate the third of the four MILGEM Corvette Ships for the Pakistan Navy, PNS Khaibar, at the Istanbul Shipyard," the foreign office said in a statement.
"The MILGEM project, based on joint collaboration between the two countries, represents a significant milestone in the Pakistan-Türkiye strategic partnership that continues to progress on an upward trajectory."
The launching ceremony for the first corvette for the Pakistan Navy, PNS Babur, was performed in Istanbul in August 2021 while the groundbreaking for the second ship, PNS Badr, was held in Karachi in May 2022.
Sharif will also hold a bilateral meeting with Erdogan and interact with leaders of the Turkish business community and the president of the ECO Trade and Development Bank (ETDB).