Turkish businessmen head to Egypt for trade opportunities

Turkey's ambassador in Cairo announced that a 30-member Turkish business group is due to arrive in Cairo today to attend the meetings of the Egyptian - Turkish council tomorrow.

Egyptian Economic Ministry sources said there is an important list of potential trade opportunities in Egypt that will be submitted to the Turkish side.

Egyptian and Turkish businessmen will hold meetings to discuss all means of increasing the volume of trade, which stood at $695 million last year.

Some analysts are convinced that the Turkish government is going to improve its political and economic relations with Arab states after it was refused membership in the European community.