Iranian Minister of Transport and Urban Development Abbas Akhondi said that 30 billion dollars prospect for the bilateral trade exchange between Iran and Turkey is attainable.
He made the remarks in a ceremony held in the Turkish Embassy in Tehran on Thursday evening to celebrate the country’s National Day.
Akhondi underlined that Iran and Turkey enjoy cordial traditional ties, adding that Ankara was one of the countries that supported Tehran during the sanctions era.
Sanctions and internal problems prevented realization of two countries’ 30-billion- dollar trade balance but Iran is committed to remove obstacles on way of expansion of ties and facilitate all-out relations between the two nations, he added.
The official said that enhancement of ties between Iran and Turkey as two influential regional powers is at the interest of both countries and the region.
Turkish Embassy in Iran celebrated 92nd anniversary of the country’s founding, Republic Day on October 29, Thursday evening.
Akhondi as well as Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Asia and Pacific Affairs Ebrahim Rahimpour were the chief guests at the ceremony.
The Republic Day of Turkey is one of the public holidays in Turkey and Northern Cyprus, commemorating the proclamation of the Republic of Turkey in 1923.
The holiday commemorates the events of 29 October 1923, when Mustafa Kemal declared that Turkey was henceforth a republic. Turkey had de facto been a republic since 23 April 1920, the date of the establishment of the Grand National Assembly of Turkey, but the official confirmation of this fact came only three-and-a-half years later. On 29 October 1923, the status of the nation as a republic was declared and its official name was proclaimed to be Türkiye Cumhuriyeti (the Republic of Turkey). After that, a vote was held in the Grand National Assembly, and Kemal Atatürk was elected as the first President of the Republic of Turkey.
Source: IRNA- Date: (30 October 2015)