Turkey is eager to sell defence equipment to Bangladesh and double the bilateral trade to $2.0 billion, visiting Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu has said.
He said he highlighted the benefits of purchasing Turkish arms in a meeting with his Bangladesh counterpart AK Abdul Momen at state guesthouse Padma in the capital on Wednesday, reports bdnews24.com.
He hoped that Bangladesh would agree to take the benefits as Turkey is offering competitive prices without any prerequisite.
Turkey is investing much in defence production jointly and through technology transfer, he said, adding the country now uses 70 per cent of its own defence products.
The Turkish foreign minister said they are eager to share the technology with Bangladesh as well.
Çavuşoğlu said Turkey was happy that their trade with Bangladesh has not decreased during the pandemic.
He later paid a call on Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina at the Ganabhaban.
He will also inaugurate a new building of the Turkish Embassy. Momen had inaugurated a new building of the Bangladesh Embassy in Turkey in September.
Çavuşoğlu arrived in Dhaka on the two-day trip on Tuesday.
