Turkey defense exhibition in Islamabad commenced at the Pakistan-China Friendship Center in Islamabad on Thursday. The development comes a day after India cut down its defense exports to Turkey, including explosives and detonators, due to Ankara’s growing military cooperation with Islamabad, the Indian daily Economic Times reported.

Pakistan said Turkey’s defense industry had reached the threshold of international standards.

Both Pakistan and Turkey are responsible states and committed to work for international peace, harmony and stability, the minister said, adding: “Our bilateral engagements have been important not only for peace and stability but also for socio-economic development of our people,” he added.

The government is committed to facilitate the businessmen through removing all the hurdles in the way of business activities, Swati said, adding, “We want to provide all-out facilities to the businessmen under a system.”

The development comes a day after India cut down its defense exports to Turkey, including explosives and detonators, due to Ankara’s growing military cooperation with Islamabad, as per the media reports.

Last week, Ankara backed Islamabad at the Financial Action Task Force in Paris, thereby helping Pakistan to avoid being blacklisted by the global anti-money laundering watchdog.