Important statements from President Erdoğan

Here are the highlights from President Erdoğan's statements:

I greet you with my most heartfelt feelings and respect. I am pleased to visit Korea after 8 years.

We discussed steps that will advance our cooperation on many issues in a dynamic and future-oriented manner.

We discussed the steps that will bring our bilateral trade, which exceeded 11 billion dollars last year, to the 15 billion dollar target we previously determined in a balanced and sustainable manner.

Nuclear energy and mining were the other important topics of our discussions. We attach great importance to cooperation with Korea.

LEE: WE SIGNED THE MEMORANDUM OF COOPERATION IN NUCLEAR POWER PLANT FINANCE

South Korean President Lee said in his statement, "Türkiye is our blood brother in the hearts of our people." Lee said, "We decided (with President Erdogan) to deepen defense industry cooperation." Lee said, "We signed a memorandum of understanding (with Türkiye) on cooperation in nuclear power plant financing."

4 AGREEMENTS WERE SIGNED BETWEEN Türkiye AND SOUTH KOREA

Four agreements were signed between Türkiye and South Korea in the fields of science, technology, natural resources, mining, energy and nuclear energy.

Following the one-on-one and inter-delegation meetings at the Presidential Palace in Seoul, the signing ceremony of the agreements between the two countries began.

Four agreements were signed between the two countries in the presence of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and South Korean President Lee Jae Myung.

The "Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Fields of Science, Technology and Innovation (STI)" between the Ministry of Industry and Technology of the Republic of Turkey and the Ministry of Science and Information-Communication Technologies of the Republic of South Korea was signed by Minister of Foreign Affairs Hakan Fidan and Minister of Science and Information-Communication Technologies of South Korea Bae Kyung-hoon on behalf of the Ministry of Industry and Technology.

The "Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation in the Field of Natural Resources and Mining" between the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Turkey and the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources of the Republic of South Korea was signed by Alparslan Bayraktar, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, and Kim Jung-Kwan, Minister of Trade, Industry and Resources of South Korea.

The "Memorandum of Understanding on Strengthening Cooperation in the Field of Energy" between the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of the Republic of Turkey and the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment of the Republic of South Korea was signed by Bayraktar, Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, and Kim Sung-whan, Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment of South Korea.

The "Memorandum of Understanding on Cooperation Regarding Nuclear Power Project Financing" between Turkey Nuclear Energy Inc. and South Korea Export-Import Bank was signed by Turkey Nuclear Energy Inc. General Manager Necati Yamaç and South Korea Export-Import Bank President and General Manager Hwang Ki-yeon.