Turkey's Foreign Minister Highlights Deepening Cooperation and Trade with ASEAN
En resumen
- Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan announced increased cooperation and trade with ASEAN members, with trade volume rising from US$6.5 billion to US$16 billion since 2010.
- He expressed belief in further deepening political and economic ties with the region.
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Por qué importa
Turkey established institutional relations with ASEAN in 2010 by signing the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation, later gaining sectoral dialogue partner status in 2017.
In a social media post on the same day, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said Ankara had increased its cooperation with Asean members and raised trade volume from US$6.5 billion to US$16 billion since “laying the foundation of our institutional relations with Asean in 2010”.
“We believe that our political and economic cooperation with the Asean region, which has a population of around 700 million and an economy exceeding US$4 trillion, will deepen even further,” he said.
Turkey’s relations with the bloc began with the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in 2010. It was later conferred sectoral dialogue partner status in 2017.
