Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has stressed on the need to formulate a strategy to promote Pakistan-Türkiye-Azerbaijan trilateral cooperation in multiple sectors including economy, energy, tourism, meteorology, culture, education and Information Technology..

He was addressing an inaugural session of Pakistan-Turkiye-Azerbaijan Trilateral Summit, held on the sidelines of SCO Summit at Astana in Kazakhstan.

The Summit was also attended by President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan and President of Azerbaijan Ilham Heydar Aliyev.

The Prime Ministe underscored that Pakistan deeply values its fraternal ties with Azerbaijan and Turkiye which are grounded in deep rooted cultural, historic and religious bonds.

The Prime Minister affirmed Pakistan's commitment to work together with Turkiye and Azerbaijan to elevate the tripartite cooperation into a strong multifaceted partnership across all areas of mutual interest.