Raisi, who arrived in Ankara on Wednesday afternoon held a bilateral meeting with Erdogan at the Turkish presidential palace before attending the signing ceremony of 10 joint cooperation documents in the presence of officials from the two countries.
These documents of cooperation were inked in the field of railways, energy exchange, and establishment of joint commercial and communication zones.
The Iranian president headed a political and economic delegation to participate in the 8th meeting of Iran-Turkiye Supreme Council of Economic Cooperation.
Erdoğan and Raisi expressed his satisfaction over the meeting and expressed the will to promote relations in various sectors, especially in the commercial and economic sector.
“We believe that the two countries, with their very high capacities, can take important steps in the path of development and leap in relations, and in this regard, in the first stage, it is targeted to increase commercial and economic cooperation to $30 billion, which with the efforts of economic leaders and activists of the two countries, it is completely possible to be achieved”, Iranian and Turkish presidents said in a joint statement.
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