ECONOMICS - Turkey and Arabs seek to boost economic ties

ECONOMICS - Turkey and Arabs seek to boost economic ties:

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The Turkish-Arab Economy Summit was organized for the first time in the southern province of Mersin with the attendance of the economy, investment, and trade ministers of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Sudan, Bahrain, Morocco, Djibouti, Tunisia, Palestine, Oman and Libya, as well as Turkey.

Turkey and Arab countries aim to increase their economic and trade relations and seek to trigger the process by signing a number of deals, Economy Minister Zafer Çağlayan said yesterday during the Turkish-Arab Economy Summit.

The summit was organized for the first time in the southern province of Mersin with the attendance of the economy, investment, and trade ministers of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Jordan, Sudan, Bahrain, Morocco, Djibouti, Tunisia, Palestine, Oman and Libya, as well as Turkey.

“Fourteen ministers from the 21-country Arab League are here around the same table. A total of 18 countries are represented here. We all want to tell the world that we are all determined to use trade and the economy as a means on the road to peace, fraternity, prosperity and development,” said Çağlayan. "

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