In a meeting with a number of Iranian economic, political and cultural officials in Turkey, he said that Turkey wants free trade and investment with Iran.
According to IRNA, he put the bilateral trade during the first 9 months of 2012 at around $18 billion, adding that the two sides plan to reach the value to $30 billion annually.
On June 1, delegations from Iran and Turkey made progress in finalizing the details of a preferential trade agreement between the two countries.
Iran's delegation during the negotiations was led by Deputy Commerce Minister for Economic Affairs, Hamid Safdel.
The three-day discussions of the delegations covered a list of agricultural and industrial goods which the two countries want to import from each other.
Ankara will continue the talks in Tehran in the near future. Then, the final agreement and a list of goods will be reconsidered for Turkish and Iranian Ministers of Economy and Industry to sign it.
MNA
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