Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan is committed to enhancing ties with Bangladesh to substantially push up the bilateral trade volume, according to the latter’s foreign minister AK Abdul Momen, who recently received a special gift of medical equipment sent by the Turkish President through his ambassador in Bangladesh Mustafa Osman Turan.
This was the fifth time Turkey sent medical equipment to Bangladesh during the pandemic-induced crisis, according to Bangla media reports.
Last year, the bilateral trade volume stood at $935.8 million. Turkey mainly imports jute yarns and twine, jute knitwear, woven garments, leather and ceramics from Bangladesh. Its main export items to Bangladesh include iron and steel construction material, cotton, milk and milk products, machines and their components, textile machinery, spices and generators.
Momen said the new Turkish mission in the country is ready to open and his counterpart Mevlut Cavusog will visit Dhaka soon to inaugurate it.
He the Turkish president will visit Bangladesh as soon as pandemic is over either to attend the finale event of ‘Mujib Borsho’ on March 17 or the D-8 Summit.
