Approach of establishing a free trade zone between Egypt and Turkey

Egyptian Minister of Economy Yousef Butros Ghali said that work is being done on the free trade zone agreement between Egypt and Turkey assuring that signing this agreement will not take place before setting all its issues and details to be a base for establishing strong partnership relations between the two countries as well as pushing forward the trade and investment between them.

This came in the world delivered by Ghali in concluding works of the 9th session for the Egyptian - Turkish business council which was held in the headquarter of the Egyptian business men's association yesterday - as he expressed his condolences to the Turkish people in victims of the devastating earthquake lately hit Turkey.

He said that there are 3 main points that contribute in achieving a start in the economical relations in Egypt and turkey which are encouraging trade between the 2 countries, cooperation in technology transfer and developing the human resources.