Minister Bolat met with Bahraini Minister of Industry and Trade Fakhro

Minister of Commerce Ömer Bolat shared a post on his NSosyal account about his meeting with Bahrain Minister of Industry and Trade Fakhro within the scope of the 42nd COMCEC Ministerial Meeting.

Stating that during the meeting, they evaluated steps to improve Türkiye's economic and commercial relations with Bahrain and new cooperation opportunities, Bolat said:

"In order to reach our bilateral trade volume target of 1 billion dollars, we emphasized the importance we attach to increasing our mutual trade, encouraging investments and strengthening the ties between our business worlds. During our meeting, we confirmed that we share the same opinion in concluding the Free Trade Agreement negotiations between Turkey and the Gulf Cooperation Council as soon as possible with constructive approaches."

Minister Bolat stated that they emphasized that the creation of new transit corridors connecting Turkey and the Gulf countries will improve regional trade, and that they will continue to develop relations with Bahrain with the understanding of mutual benefit and common prosperity, under the leadership of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Bahraini King Hamed bin İsa Al Khalifa.