> trkiye, iran aim for $30 bln in bilateral trade, says trade minister 2soon > iran and trkiye are working hard to reach a target of $30 billion in bilateral trade, turkish trade minister omer bolat said wednesday. > bolat met with iranian president masoud pezeshkian as part of the 29th meeting of the trkiye-iran joint economic cooperation commission. following the discussions, bolat confirmed trkiye's interest in renewing its energy agreement with iran. > a statement released by the iranian presidency highlighted bolat's focus on enhancing customs trade between the two nations through modernization of existing border gates. > we are working on opening two additional border gates with iran to further strengthen trade flows, bolat said. > "we are also trying to strengthen border crossings and markets between the two countries, he added. > bolat also emphasized trkiyes aims to reinvigorate the preferential trade agreement signed with iran in 2015 and expand bilateral collaboration to include a comprehensive tourism agreement. > pezeshkian said he has always emphasized the necessity and importance of strengthening relations between islamic countries and that they discussed this in their meetings with turkish president recep tayyip erdoan > we should solve the problems among us in a brotherly manner and strengthen the power of the islamic world in a practical way, he said, adding that islamic countries would benefit from sharing their capacities with each other, from trade markets to transportation routes and other potentials.
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