Erdogan to help mend govt-Oppostion ties

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Erdogan to help mend govt-Oppostion ties

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Turkish PM will hold meeting with Nawaz Sharif in an effort to reduce tension between govt and Opp.

22 May,2012 05:03 pm

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in efforts to mend ties between Pakistan’s ruling government and the opposition, has decided to hold a meeting with Pakistan Muslim League (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday. “I will try tounderstand his perspective on the matter at hand.”Recalling the solidarity and cooperation which the government and the Opposition had when he last visited the country four years back, Erdogan said that he wished to see the same cooperation back at home. “If I say this ceiling is white, ourOpposition would say it is black. But the Opposition should always be constructive to serve the common benefits of the people.”If the government and the opposition keep fighting among themselves, then the people of the country will suffer profoundly, he added. “We should put the people first. The state is secondary. The purpose of the state is only to serve the people, and not anything else.”If the parties in Pakistan demonstrate shoulder-to-shoulder politics, then Pakistan will be able to take its deserving place in the world, Erdogan hoped.