Dec 18, 2023. Posted by Balkan Periscope - Hellas
Turkey and Hungary signed
five trade cooperation protocols during a visit on Monday by
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to the Hungarian capital Budapest,
according to a high-level Turkish official.
Turkish Trade Minister Ömer Bolat said he, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar, and Industry and Technology Minister Mehmet Fatih Kacır attended a meeting with Hungary's Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Peter Szijjarto and Energy Minister Csaba Lantos to discuss joint investments and new collaborations.
Parties
agreed to convene the first session of the Joint Economic and Trade
Commission (JETCO) committee on Feb. 12.
JETCO will
provide a platform for representatives from the business circle of Turkey and Hungary to explore mutual
opportunities, he added.
Pledging to
maintain efforts to increase our trade volume with Hungary in line with goals
set out by President Erdoğan, he said:
"The
Hungarian side stated that our request for an increase in land transit quotas
will be taken into consideration and that they will put the development of
relations with Turkey on the agenda during the EU Presidency, which they will assume in the
second half of 2024."
President
Erdoğan's visit to Hungary came at the invitation of Hungarian Prime
Minister Viktor Orban.
In
Budapest, Erdoğan and Orban co-chaired the sixth meeting of the Turkey -Hungary High-Level Strategic
Cooperation Council.
(Turkish media)
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