mo4ch:>Turkey aims to boost trade with Russia to $100 billion | Mo4ch News

Turkish President Recep Erdogan has set an ambitious goal for bilateral trade with Russia, saying he wants to boost it to $100 billion, nearly four times more than the current trade volume between the two countries.Last year’s $26 billion in trade turnover does not reflect the cooperation potential between Russia and Turkey, Erdogan said during the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Monday.Ankara is making “every effort” to ease trade ties with Moscow and is therefore going to provide exemptions for Russian entrepreneurs, said the Turkish president.Also on rt.comBuying S-400 Turkey's 'sovereign right': Putin & Erdogan speak to press in Moscow“We do not view your firms as foreign or Russian, we view them as our own,” the Turkish President said as cited by TASS. “Russian entrepreneurs willing to invest in Turkey will be provided with various exemptions.”Bilateral trade of the two countries grew by 16 percent in 2018, while the volume of mutual inv…