The coordination meetings of Iran-Turkey Joint Economic Committee were held during the visit of the Iranian minister of transport and urban development as the head of this committee to Ankara.
During his visit to Turkey, Mehrdad Bazrpash held separate meetings with Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan, the country’s Minister of Youth and Sports Osman Ashkin Bak, who is also the the head of the joint committee, and the minister of Transport and Infrastructure Abdulkadir Uraloglu to coordinate the approvals at the upcoming joint committee.
At the meeting with Fidan, the Iranian minister stated that the Islamic Republic of Iran attaches great importance to the development of comprehensive relations with its neighbors.
“The cooperation of the two great powers of the region, Iran and Turkey, can bring peace, stability, security and prosperity to the region,” Bazrpash said.
He further made suggestions regarding holding a tripartite meeting between the foreign ministries of Iran, Turkey and Azerbaijan in order to increase the role of transit corridors in the economy of the three countries.
According to Bazrpash, the volume of trade between Iran and Turkey, as the third trading partner of the Islamic Republic, has increased significantly after the Covid pandemic.
Fidan for his part referred to the two countries’ trade target of $30 billion and said that this volume of trade can be achieved by increasing bilateral cooperation.
He emphasized the cooperation between the two countries in various fields of energy, including oil, gas and electricity, as well as customs.—Tahran Times
