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Dorian Jones

Turkey set on rebuilding bridges with China to improve trade

Turkey's Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan shakes hands with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during his inauguration ceremony at the presidential complex in Ankara, Turkey, Saturday, 3 June, 2023. © AP/Riza Ozel

Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan's visit to China earlier this month is the latest diplomatic effort by Ankara to become a strategic trade hub between Europe and China. But Beijing's suspicions over Ankara's support of Chinese Uyghur dissidents is widely seen as an obstacle.

Bilateral trade and developing new trade routes were at the top of Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan's agenda for his recent China visit.

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