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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan hosted British
Prime Minister Theresa May in Ankara on Jan. 28 in the latter’s first visit to Turkey after
she took office and the two leaders discussed a variety of issues extending
from trade relations to advanced joint operations against terror in Syria.
After their meeting at
the presidential compound, the two leaders gave a press meeting. Erdoğan
touched upon the two country’s trade relations and said they aim to boost the
trade volume between Turkey and United Kingdom, increasing it from 15 billion
dollars to 20 billion dollars.
Erdoğan also said he
discussed about the Cyprus issue, Syria and Iraq and the Astana process with
May.
“Syria and Iraq has a
great importance for Turkish and British relations. We want to have a much
different concept in the upcoming period for the cooperation between Turkey and
the coalition powers. We have discussed these issues,” said Erdoğan.
May has also praised
Turkey for its pro-democracy stance in the July 15 coup attempt and added that
“carrying our relationship to a further level is for the benefit of both
countries.”
After her meeting with
Erdoğan, May met with Tırkish Prime Minister Binali Yıldırım in Çankaya
Mansion.
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