Economic ties between the UAE and Turkey are more than breaking the ice. Trade and investments deals, at least from the UAE side, are thawing whatever issues that existed before.
Drumming up support for trade
Abdulla bin Touq al-Mari held a recent bilateral meeting with Turkish Trade Minister Mehmet Mus following a conclave between the Turkey-UAE Joint Economic Commission in Dubai, the UAE’s official news agency WAM reported.
Turkey and the UAE are connected by strong partnerships in almost all fields of economy, trade, and investment, al-Mari said, adding: “Today, we are starting a new era in sustainable economic partnership between the two countries.”
The two countries’ trade volume increased by 21% last year and doubled in H1 of 2021 compared to the same period of the previous year, noted WAM.
UAE’s Minister of State for Foreign Trade Thani Al-Zeyoudi drew attention to the strategic position of the two nations, stating that Turkey is an important market for Emirati…