VISA REQUIREMENT BETWEEN TURKEY AND EGYPT MUST BE ENDED, MINISTER ERGUN

CAIRO/ANKARA (A.A) - 19.01.2010 - Turkish Industry and Trade Minister Nihat Ergun said Tuesday the visa requirement between Turkey and Egypt must be ended.
Minister Ergun had a tete-a-tete meeting with Egyptian Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rachid Mohamed Rachid after which the two ministers held a joint press conference.
Visa requirement between Turkey and Egypt must be ended. Hopefully, talks on the issue would be completed and visa requirement between our two countries would come to an end, Ergun stressed.
Our two countries share deep historical and cultural relations. The geography we are situated on presents many opportunities to our two countries. Businesspeople, investors and the peoples of the two countries must benefit from such opportunities, Ergun noted.
We are working to promote relations between Turkey and Egypt. One of the steps taken in this direction was the signing of a free trade agreement. With this agreement, the trade volume between Turkey and Egypt exceeded three billion USD, Ergun said.
There are other steps that we must take. We have evaluated such steps. We will focus on strengthening relations between Turkish and Egyptian banks. When Turkish banks open branches in Egypt and vice versa, the task of businesspeople would get easier, Ergun said.