Turkey-UAE strategic relations support regional development, stability: Turkish Ambassador Tugay Tuncer

Turkey-UAE strategic relations support regional development, stability: Turkish Ambassador Tugay Tuncer

Abu Dhabi: Tugay Tuncer, Turkish Ambassador to the UAE, said that the UAE and Turkey have an enduring strategic partnership that is still strengthening and contributing to the region's prosperity, peace, and stability. Tuncer told the Emirates News Agency (WAM) that the UAE is an important strategic partner for Turkey, praising the extraordinary development made in relations between the two friendly nations in less than two years. "The two nations' overall bilateral ties have been reinforced by two significant milestones: President His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan's visit to Turkey and President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's visit to the UAE," he noted. "President Erdogan's visit to the UAE resulted in almost 27 cooperation agreements in various sectors, including investment, economy, defence, health, agriculture, transport, advanced technology, climate action, culture and youth," the diplomat elaborated. Tuncer pointed out that the non-oil trade volume between the two countries reached some $19 billion in 2022, and the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the two countries will further boost their cooperation. He noted that the economies of the two nations do not compete but rather complement one another and that the UAE and Turkey intend to boost their non-oil commercial exchange to