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Turkey, Turkmenistan sign deals, strengthen ties in Erdoğan's visit

by DAILY SABAH WITH AA

ISTANBUL Nov 27, 2021 - 5:58 pm GMT+3
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (L) and his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov pose for a photo during a ceremony in Asghabat, Turkmenistan, Nov. 11, 2021. (IHA Photo)
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (L) and his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov pose for a photo during a ceremony in Asghabat, Turkmenistan, Nov. 11, 2021. (IHA Photo)
by DAILY SABAH WITH AA Nov 27, 2021 5:58 pm
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Turkey and Turkmenistan signed eight deals on Saturday during President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's visit to the Central Asian country to attend the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) summit, with leaders reiterating their aim to further strengthen relations.

Following the ceremony, Erdoğan told a joint press conference that the two countries are determined to increase their trade volume to $5 billion.

Erdoğan and his Turkmen counterpart Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov met at the Oguzhan Palace in the capital Ashgabat for a bilateral meeting, which was followed by the signing ceremony.

The agreements were concerned with cooperation between Turkish and Turkmen foreign ministries, central banks, public broadcasters and official news agencies, health and medicine, education and horse breeding.

The Turkish president stated that measures to increase cooperation in land and air freight as well as energy were also discussed in the meeting.

Berdymukhamedov presented Erdoğan with the Turkmenistan State Cooperation Decoration, and the two countries also signed a nine-point joint statement.

ECO, which was founded by Turkey, Iran and Pakistan in 1985 as a follow-up of the Regional Cooperation for Development, was later joined by Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan in 1992.

The organization holds summits, ministerial meetings and regular sessions to cooperate on trade and investment.

ECO should act as Asia-Europe trade bridge

During the 25th Council of Ministers Meeting of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) on Saturday, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu said the body should do more in increasing trade and connectivity.

Asia has emerged not only as a production center but also as the largest consumer market, Çavuşoğlu said, pointing to opportunities brought by this development.

"ECO should act as a trade and economic cooperation bridge between Asia and Europe," he added.

Speaking about the pandemic and economic recovery, Çavuşoğlu said member states should benefit from ECO toward building an integrated region.

"We can only benefit more from global trade if we improve regional trade and connectivity," he explained.

Çavuşoğlu emphasized that the organization should focus on transportation and logistics corridors in the region to achieve that.

The minister said Turkey has been delivering on its commitments of the Economic Cooperation Organization Trade Agreement, known as ECOTA, and noted that the deal helps Turkey achieve meeting its $100 billion trade target.

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