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Turkey, Italy talk economic ties in videoconference

The latest sign of friendship between Turkey and Italy comes amid otherwise tense Turkey-Europe relations, largely due to Turkey's plan to drill in Greek and Cypriot waters.
Leader of the Italy's populist Five Star Movement, Luigi Di Maio, gives a speech on March 1, 2018, in Rome, as he present his would-be cabinet team ahead of elections on March 4. 
The 5-Star Movement has named its team of ministers if it is asked to form a government after March 4 general election, an unusual move aimed at stealing a march on its rivals and showing voters it is ready for power. / AFP PHOTO / Filippo MONTEFORTE        (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)

Turkey and Italy want to continue economic cooperation with each other, officials from both countries said today.

Turkish Minister of Trade Ruhsar Pekcan spoke with Italy’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Luigi Di Maio via videoconference on Thursday. The two discussed trade, imports of EU steel and the EU-Turkey Customs Union, Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency reported. Italy’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs also said the two discussed trade by air, sea and land.

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