Pakistan and Turkey on Tuesday signed nine documents for cooperation in various fields particularly investments, energy and communications in a bid to further strengthen their bilateral relationship. Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan witnessed the signing of accords at a ceremony held here at the Prime Minister House, the Associated Press of Pakistan reported. The documents included an Agreement on bilateral investment, five Memoranda of Understanding (MoUs) mainly on energy, education and communication and two protocols on Joint Ministerial Commission and cooperation on archives. The Agreement concerning the reciprocal Promotion and Protection of Investments was signed by Chairman Board of Investment, Saleem Mandviwala and Turkey's Economic Minister, Zafar Caglayan. The MoU between the Ministry of Transport and Communications of Turkey and Pakistan's Ministry of Communications on cooperation in the field of International Road Transport was signed by Turkish Transport Minister, Binali Yildrim and Minister for Communications, Arbab Alamgir Khan.
