Turkiye told Beijing it wants to boost agricultural and food exports to China, Turkish source says

Turkiye’s Foreign Minister told Chinese officials during a visit this week that Ankara wanted to narrow its trade deficit with Beijing partly via more agricultural and food exports, a Turkish diplomatic source said on Wednesday, Reuters reports. Foreign Minister, Hakan Fidan, arrived in Beijing on Monday to hold talks with Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, and other officials. He also visited the far western region of Xinjiang, host to millions of Uyghurs and other Muslim minorities. China is Turkiye’s largest trade partner in Asia and its fifth largest globally. Fidan said Ankara expected China to import more agriculture and food products from Turkiye, and conveyed Ankara’s wish for China to encourage more companies to invest in Turkiye and more Chinese tourists […]