Lifting Of Sanctions: Iran and Turkey aim to triple trade
Trade between Turkey and Iran slipped from $15 billion to around $10 billion in the past 12 months
TEHRAN:
Iran and Turkey aim to triple their annual trade to $30 billion within two years, officials said in Tehran on Saturday, despite the two countries being at odds over fighting in Syria. Following last year’s nuclear deal with world powers Iran is being targeted by Europe as a new market but Turkey is also seeking to cash in after the end of most international sanctions on Iran. Visiting the Iranian capital, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu met Iran’s first vice president Eshaq Jahangiri. “We have set a target of $30 billion for our trade,” Jahangiri said in a press briefing broadcast on state television, outlining a two-year timeframe for upping the figure from its current $10 billion. Trade between Turkey and Iran slipped from $15 billion to around $10 billion in the past 12 months, with less imports reaching Tehran.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 6th, 2016.
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