Trade Minister Ömer Bolat attended on Tuesday a reception celebrating the National Day of Egypt, emphasizing the significance of strengthening commerce, funding and cultural relations between Ankara and Cairo.
The reception was hosted by Egypt’s Ambassador to Ankara, Amr Elhamamy, Bolat mentioned on X, previously Twitter.
“As Türkiye, we place nice significance on strengthening our commerce, funding and cultural relations with Egypt,” Bolat acknowledged.
“We will proceed to work on rising our commerce quantity and diversifying our areas of cooperation with Egypt, with whom we now have deep-rooted financial relations. We consider that creating cooperation between Türkiye and Egypt will positively contribute to regional peace and prosperity,” he added.
The minister additionally congratulated Egypt on its National Day, which is well known on July 23 and coincides with the annual commemoration of the Egyptian Revolution of 1952, when the fashionable Republic of Egypt was declared, ending the dominion.
Positive momentum in diplomatic and commerce relations between Türkiye and Egypt has revived not too long ago, notably amid President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s go to to Cairo earlier this 12 months.
The go to marked a serious step in normalizing ties with Egypt. In mild of the rapprochement, Erdoğan and his Egyptian counterpart Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi outlined their goal to boost the commerce quantity between the 2 nations to $15 billion.
The two nations signed a joint declaration on restructuring the High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council conferences between the 2 nations, pledging to cooperate in varied areas, together with politics, safety, commerce and tradition.
Source: www.dailysabah.com