ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey is considering opening new border crossings with eastern neighbour Iran, President Tayyip Erdogan said late on Wednesday after talks with his Iranian counterpart, as they seek to revive sagging economic relations.
Trade between Turkey and Iran peaked in 2012 at nearly $22 billion but has since fallen.
Efforts to establish trade centres in border (areas) to increasing the economic development of our border provinces continue," he said.
Turkey, a NATO ally, and Iran currently have four border crossings between them.
Turkey, which has also been hit with U.S. sanctions for acquiring Russian defence systems, opposes what it calls unilateral economic sanctions as a policy.
Persons:
Tayyip Erdogan, Erdogan, Ebrahim Raisi, Omer Bolat, Daren Butler, Gareth Jones
Organizations:
Turkish Trade
Locations:
ANKARA, Turkey, Iran, Tehran, NATO, Ankara