According to the statement made by the Ministry of Commerce, Minister Ömer Bolat, who went to Jaipur for the Trade and Investment Ministers Meeting of the G20 Summit, held under the Indian term presidency with the theme of "One World, One Family, One Future", attended many sessions in this context and participated in many sessions of other member countries. held bilateral meetings with trade ministers.
Participating in the opening session of the program, Minister Bolat emphasized the importance of inclusive growth and human development in solving current global problems on behalf of Turkey.
The topics of "trade, economic growth and prosperity", "strengthening the resilience of global value chains to crises" and "reform of the World Trade Organization" were discussed at the meeting.
Bolat met with Saudi Arabian Trade Minister Majid bin Abdullah AI Kasabi within the framework of bilateral meetings.
"We believe that we will further develop our commercial relations in line with the high-level cooperation between our countries," he said.
Bolat also met with Oman Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment Promotion Qais Mohammed Al Yousef as part of the G20 Ministers of Trade and Investment Meeting.
TÜRKİYE-FRANCE JETCO MEETING TO BE HELD IN 2024 IN TURKEY
Minister Bolat also met with World Trade Organization (WTO) Director General Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala as part of his contacts.
Bolat met with French Minister of Foreign Trade and Investments Olivier Becht on the same day. Stating that they discussed bilateral trade and investment issues between Turkey and France and had a productive meeting, Bolat stated that they agreed to hold the JETCO meeting and Business Forum in Turkey at the beginning of 2024.
Bolat met with Thani bin Ahmad Al-Zayoudi, UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade, on the second day of the summit.
RELATIONS WITH THE EU…
Minister Bolat met with Valdis Dombrovskis, Vice President of the EU Commission and Commissioner for Trade, at the G20 Trade and Investment Ministers Meeting.
During the meeting, the new dialogue period in Turkey-EU trade, expectations before the negotiations on updating the Customs Union and areas of cooperation were discussed.
Ömer Bolat, who also met with South Korean Trade Minister Dukgeun Ahn, stated that they expect import facilities to make more investments in Turkey by South Korea and to correct the foreign trade surplus in favor of South Korea as soon as possible.
Bolat, who had his last meeting in India with the United States (USA) Trade Representative Katherine Tai, within the scope of the G20 Trade and Investment Ministers meeting, stated that they had a productive meeting.