Joint Economic Committee

Deputy Foreign Minister Kostas Fragogiannis stressed Friday that Greece and Turkey aim to double their trade.

"Today [bilateral] trade is in the range of €5.4 billion and our target is to reach €10 billion," he told state broadcaster ERT after his two-day visit to Istanbul, as part of the contacts of the 2024 positive agenda cycle for Greek-Turkish exchanges.

Senior Turkish and U.A.E. officials pledged to increase economic and trade relations at a high-level meeting in Ankara on Feb. 7.        

The ninth Turkey-U.A.E. Joint Economic Committee brought Sultan bin Saeed al-Mansouri, U.A.E.'s economy minister, to the Turkish capital to meet Deputy Prime Minister Mehmet Şimşek.        

The Turkish Lira hit another record low against the U.S. dollar on Nov. 18, having fallen more than 8 percent so far this week, hit by a statement by the head of U.S. Federal Reserve chairwoman and signs of more discord between Turkey and Europe.