Turkey and Colombia raised their bilateral relations to a new level of The Turkish president said that the strategic partnership after signing a joint memorandum on Friday.
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a press conference with His Colombian counterpart, Ivan Duque Marquez, after a meeting in The former works office At Dolmabahce Palace in City of Istanbul.
The two leaders touched on Issues related to bilateral relations between Ankara and Bogota during the meeting.
“Turkey and Colombia have raised their bilateral relations to a new level of strategic partnership with Erdogan told reporters.
he is added that it plans For a visit to Colombia, along with a tour of The regionby August 7.
Erdogan referring to Colombia as one of The most important in Turkey trade partners in Latin America and the Caribbean – second- The biggest after Brazil – said the duo trade doubled the size for over 2 billion dollars in 2021.
Colombia also has become one of The countries As we increased our exports more last year. for us goal is increase trade Volume to 5 billion dollars soon As possible, the chief said.
He pointed out that both countries to make great Efforts to increase mutual investment.
With its development economyColombia offers attractive opportunities for Turkish investments. we support the increase of Contacts and reciprocal visits between Turkey and Colombia business people,” He said.
Colombian President Duque, for For his part, he said that the agreements signed between Turkey and Colombia have not only expanded trade size, but also planting an important seed in Relations.
Doki mentioned that they came to Istanbul with Important delegation from Colombia within the scope of Their visit said: “Our goal is to accelerate our bilateral relations. How do we gain this momentum? First of We will all work to improve our bilateral relations. we will ensure This is amazing development together or together with Our strategic cooperation.
“We’ll do it right away start to doubleThree times, four times, we have the binary trade the sound in The next 10 years. we need to start That’s it now,” he said.
Duque stated that the investments between them countries very important illusion want To maximize it, they can bring the investment to the most important point with Supplementary cooperation agreements.
He explained that Turkish and Colombian investors held meetings in Istanbul on Duque said Friday, “Turkish companies already There is (in Colombia) and our doors are open to these who want to come.”
