The United Arab Emirates (UAE) aims to finalize a free trade agreement with Türkiye in the coming weeks, the UAE’s trade minister said on Thursday, roughly four months after negotiations were launched.
Emirati Minister of State for Foreign Trade Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi’s remarks on the deal that is expected to significantly lift bilateral trade between the two countries comes as the two countries seek to build economic bridges after a yearslong rift.
“We are aiming to finalize the #UAETurkiyeCEPA in the coming weeks, and build deeper, more meaningful trade and investment ties with one of the region’s most important economies,” Al Zeyoudi wrote on Twitter, retweeting a post by his Turkish counterpart.
“We discussed the current state of the ongoing negotiations of Türkiye-UAE #CEPA and the steps to be taken to finalize the agreement,” Türkiye’s Trade Minister Mehmet Muş said on Twitter.
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