Turkey and Panama on Thursday signed agreements on economy and foreign turkish tourism minister They said, as they sought ways to strengthen bilateral relations.
We discussed concretely steps “Regarding our bilateral relations,” Mevlut Cavusoglu said at a joint press conference. with His Panamanian counterpart Erica Moines.
He stressed that Turkey and Panama are important regional centers for trade and logistics. We agreed to increase our policy dialogue As well as commercial and economic relations.
They agreed on Cavusoglu said the “political consultation mechanism,” adding: “We will do like These consultations will be held regularly between our state ministries. “
Noting the growing interest of Turkish companies in Panama, stated that their goal is to increase trade size between the two countries. We encourage our companies to invest in Panama, he said.
the two countries Signed agreements on economy trade and tourism minister She said.
Prior to the press conference, Panamanian President Laurentino Cortizo received Cavusoglu, with Who is he also Discuss the economic and trade Issues.
During the press conference, A minister He said he invited Cortizo to Turkey to meet President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
Çavuşoğlu’s visit to Panama was the first official Level visit of Foreigner minister From Turkey and they came as part of for him six-Latin American country tour this week that also They included Colombia, Uruguay, Brazil and Ecuador.
Çavuşoğlu on Friday arrived in Venezuela on for him last Stop before heading back to Turkey.
In an article written and published by Cavusoglu in The most prominent senior Turkish diplomat in the newspaper La Estrella de Panama, the importance of strengthening economic ties with Latin American country.
We value our relationships with Panama. democracy, stability, and liberalism economy And unique Geographical locationPanama one of Our most important partners in Latin america.
Çavuşoğlu also pointing to out That the relations between the Central American country and Ankara are sign that geographical distance not an obstacle in building ‘close relations between countries. “
According to Cavusoglu, only 20 years ago, Turkey was represented in The region with six embassies and bilaterals trade It is worth about a billion dollars. Today, it has 17 embassies and trade to $15 billion (222.5 billion Turkish liras).
He stressed that Turkey is looking into Panama one of Its most important partners in Latin america.
Since the mutual opening of our embassies in In 2014 and 2015, respectively, our relations gained special momentum. “We have a binary trade The trading volume has exceeded 300 million dollars, although we believe that it is still far from reflecting real potential,” he pointed out out.
Çavuşoğlu added Turkey considers Panama a gateway to the whole of Latin America regiongiven its strategy location As a hub between oceans and continents.
