Turkey President Recep Erdogan on Wednesday said Nigeria, Turkey trade volume will be expanded by $5 billion immediately to further boost socio-economic ties between the two countries.
Mr Erdogan stated this when he addressed newsmen at the end of a closed-door bilateral meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari at the State House, Abuja.
The president, who spoke through an interpreter, expressed the hope that the relations between the two nations would be further developed on the basis of a win-win situation and on the basis of mutual respect.
“We hope and pray that we will be expanding our trade volume up to $5 billion immediately. We hope and pray that the relations between the two nations would be further developed on the basis of a win-win situation and in the basis of mutual respect,” he said.
The Turkish leader also expressed the readiness of his country to partner with Nigeria in tackling its security challenges.
In his remarks, Buhari heaped praises on Erdogan for opening his country’s borders to accommodate millions of refugees in dire need of humanitarian support.
Buhari described the two-day visit of Erdogan and first lady Emine Erdogan as a reflection of the ‘‘robust, warm and cordial bilateral relation’’ between Nigeria and Turkey.
He noted that it was the second time he has had “the pleasure of receiving my brother in Abuja.”
