The third meeting of Turkey - Pakistan High Level Cooperation Council (HLCC) was held in Ankara on September 17, 2013 under the chairmanships of Prime Minister of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Prime Minister of Pakistan, Nawaz Shariff.

Speaking at the joint press conference, Prime Minister Erdoğan said that the steps that could be taken to develop bilateral cooperation, especially in energy and trade relations, were discussed. Furthermore, he indicated that the bilateral trade volume is far from the desired levels and said that it was agreed that the trade volume should be increased to higher levels.

“Joint Declaration on Turkey – Pakistan Strategic Cooperation” was signed by Prime Minister Erdoğan and his Pakistani counterpart during the press conference. Additionally, 13 agreements and memorandums of understanding were signed on a varied range of fields between various institutions of Turkey and Pakistan.

On the other hand, prior to the HLCC meeting, Foreign Minister Davutoğlu paid a courtesy visit to Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Shariff at the hotel he was staying. During the meeting, views were exchanged on bilateral relations as well as regional developments and the preparations for the third HLCC meeting were reviewed.