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BILATERAL TRADE RELATIONS Turkish Ambassador AYŞEGÜL KANDAŞ says Turkey has always endeavoured to enhance its cooperation with African countries as equal partners on a win-win basis. Turkey is now one of the most represented countries on the African continent from a diplomatic point of view
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t is an honour to address the readers of Business Update magazine, published by the Progressive Business Forum (PBF), and the business community, and I appreciate this opportunity to share my views on bilateral economic relations
between Turkey and South Africa. Still being in the beginning of my tenure in South Africa as an Ambassador, I am determined to provide every assistance to the South African business community with regards to creating business with Turkey.
THE HISTORY OF TURKEY-SA RELATIONS Our relations with Africa took a positive turn with the launch of “The Strategy for the Development of Commercial and Economic Relations with African Countries” in 2003.
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