In a final document after talks between Demirel and President Ion Iliescu, the neighbors agreed Friday to aim for a substantial increase in trade.
Last year Turkey imported $300 million worth of Romanian goods, and its exports to Romania were valued at $152 million, said Tuncer Macinli, commercial adviser at the Turkish embassy in Bucharest. Officials said they hoped to boost bilateral trade turnover to an annual $1 billion in the near future.
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