Türkiye will all the time “stand shoulder to shoulder” with Pakistan in its battle in opposition to terrorism, the nation’s Foreign Ministry mentioned on Wednesday.
“Türkiye will continue to support the security and stability of brotherly Pakistan, and will always stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of Pakistan in their fight against terrorism,” a ministry assertion mentioned.
The assertion got here after not less than 5 Chinese nationals and their native driver have been killed in a suicide bombing in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday.
The assertion “strongly” condemned the latest terror assaults in Pakistan, and conveyed condolences for individuals who misplaced their lives within the assault.
The terrorism incident occurred within the Shangla district of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, when a suicide bomber rammed his explosive-laden automobile right into a automobile carrying Chinese nationals, and others, Mohammad Ali, the deputy inspector basic of Malakund area, which incorporates Shangla district, informed reporters.
Chinese engineers have been on their means from Islamabad to their camp in Dasu within the Upper Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Gandapur added.
No group has but claimed accountability for the assault. However, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an umbrella group for a number of militant teams working in Pakistan, has been linked to assaults on Chinese staff up to now terror assaults within the area.
Source: www.anews.com.tr