Türkiye to continue expanding trade with Hungary

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan received Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in Istanbul yesterday.

Touching on trade and economic relations between Turkey and Hungary, the Turkish leader noted that the two countries "are close to reaching their trade target of $6 billion."

"Bearing in mind the impressive trade potential between our countries, we agreed to adjust this target to bring it up to $10 billion," Erdogan said.

Erdogan and Orban held a meeting of the Turkish-Hungarian high-level strategic cooperation council, which yielded 15 agreements and memorandums of cooperation in the areas of energy, industry, trade, transport, culture, and education.