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Turkey and Guinea discuss steps toward $500 million trade goal
Turkey’s Trade Minister Ömer Bolat met Guinea’s Aboubacar Kourouma during the 42nd COMCEC Ministerial Meeting.
They discussed steps toward a $500 million trade target set by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Bolat said Turkish investment in Guinea’s energy and infrastructure sectors has increased recently.
They also discussed projects Turkish businesspeople could take on under Guinea’s Simandou 2040 Program.
The ministers agreed to set contact points to help resolve problems faced by investors and to develop cooperation on standards and small businesses.
They also agreed to create a ministry-level platform for trade and investment work, and said they would continue their cooperation.
Turkey’s trade minister Ömer Bolat met Guinea’s industry and trade minister, Aboubacar Kourouma.
They discussed steps toward a $500 million trade-volume goal set by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
Bolat said they highlighted growing Turkish investment in Guinea’s energy and infrastructure sectors.
They also discussed projects Turkish businesspeople could take on under Guinea’s Simandou 2040 Program.
The ministers agreed to identify contacts to address investor problems and to develop cooperation on standards, small and medium-sized enterprises, trade and investment.
- Who
- Turkey’s Trade Minister Ömer Bolat and Guinea’s Industry and Trade Minister Aboubacar Kourouma.
- What
- They discussed steps toward a $500 million trade-volume goal and other trade and investment cooperation.
- When
- During the 42nd COMCEC Ministerial Meeting. The meeting date is not stated.
- Where
- Not stated.
- Why
- To consider steps toward the $500 million trade-volume goal set by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
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- Trade goal
- $500 million in trade volume
- Turkish minister
- Ömer Bolat
- Guinean minister
- Aboubacar Kourouma
- Meeting context
- 42nd COMCEC Ministerial Meeting
- Investment program
- Guinea’s Simandou 2040 Program
What people are saying
We discussed steps we could take to reach the $500 million trade-volume goal set by our President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.