Minister Bolat met with North Macedonian Minister Zeynula

Minister of Trade Ömer Bolat, in his post on his NSosyal account, stated that they hosted the Minister of State for International Cooperation and Foreign Investments of North Macedonia, Zülfikar Zeynula, at the Ministry.

Stating that during the meeting, they discussed the goal of furthering economic and commercial relations with the strength derived from deep-rooted friendship and strong human ties, Bolat gave the following information:

"We expressed our satisfaction with the strong cooperation we have demonstrated on international platforms. We believe that we will reach our 2 billion dollar trade volume target with the update of our free trade agreement with North Macedonia. The fact that our Turkish companies operating in North Macedonia provide employment to more than 10 thousand people with an investment of 2 billion dollars and our contracting companies undertake 45 projects worth approximately 2 billion dollars clearly demonstrates the power of our economic partnership."

Minister Bolat stated that they were pleased that the Turkey-North Macedonia Business Forum, which they organized in Istanbul on June 12 with the participation of North Macedonia Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, deputy prime ministers and nearly 10 ministers and more than 300 business people, paved the way for new collaborations, and that they hope to hold the next forum in Skopje.

Stating that the work carried out in the Balkans and North Macedonia in recent years through TİKA, Turkish Maarif Foundation, Yunus Emre Institute and Turkey Scholarships has borne fruit, Bolat emphasized that they were happy to further strengthen the ties between the parties.

Bolat noted that they are determined to further the strategic partnership and cooperation between the two countries in every field in order to write the "Century of Trade" in line with the "Turkey Century" vision drawn by President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.