pakistan – turkey relations - Islamabad Policy Research Institute

30 IPRI Factfile
Excellency,
We want Afghanistan to once again become a peaceful, independent and
prosperous state that lives in harmony with its neighbours and the
international community. Like Turkey, we are committed to the Bonn
process and will continue to support the Administration of President
Hamid Karzai.
A political process in Afghanistan will have a greater chance of
success and durability when coupled with assistance for reconstruction
and rehabilitation. A massive international effort will have to be mounted
to revive the devastated infrastructure and economy of Afghanistan and
for the repatriation of millions of refugees in Pakistan, who left their
country due to the conflict, drought and economic difficulties.
Excellency,
Pakistan condemns terrorism in all its forms and manifestations and has
been the first country to join the international coalition in the war
against terror. Pakistan and Turkey have always sought peace and
stability, regionally as well as globally.
While combating international terrorism, the world community
must also address, simultaneously, the root causes of terrorism,
particularly economic deprivation, inequality, injustice, foreign
occupation, denial of fundamental rights and oppression. Without
addressing and resolving festering problems, an enduring solution to the
problem of extremism and terrorism cannot be achieved. The
international community must also maintain the clear distinction
between terrorism and the struggle for national liberation and selfdetermination.
Such struggles must never be equated with terrorism, for
that would be against the spirit of international law and morality, would
encourage and reward the occupier and the oppressor at the expense of
the victim of oppression and occupation. Such an order would be
immoral, unjust, and inherently unstable.
Excellency,
The people of Jammu and Kashmir have been struggling for their right to
self-determination pledged to them by the UN Security Council more
than half a century back. They have been victims of Indian occupation-
and the worst forms of repression. In the last decade alone more than
75,000 defenceless Kashmiri men, women and children have been
callously slaughtered by Indian security forces. The Kashmiri people,