Iran’s Ambassador to Turkey Bahman Hosseinpour said on Monday that nothing, even the US-generated sanctions against Tehran, can stop Iran and Turkey’s good relation.
Hosseinpour urged to adopt new approaches to deepen the two countries’ economic ties.
“This year, the value of trade between Iran and Turkey will surpass $21 billion,” he said.
Hosseinpour added that the trade volume between Tehran and Ankara can potentially increase fivefold to as high as 100 billion dollar a year and vast investment opportunities await Turkish investors in Iran.
The sources notes that, according to Turkey’s statistics center, the value of trade between Iran and Turkey surpassed 20.8 billion dollar in the first 11 months of 2012, showing around 40 percent rise compared to the same period in 2011.
Turkey’s exports to Iran amounted to 7 billion dollar in the mentioned period, mainly due to the exports of gold to Iran.