Turkey's exports to Russia in February fell 33% year on year to $670 million, trade ministry data showed on Saturday.
Russian-flagged bulk carrier SV Nikolay is unloaded at Izmir port in Turkey June 25, 2022. Reuters/Yoruk Isik
Turkey's exports to Russia in February fell 33% year on year to $670 million, trade ministry data showed on Saturday.
That was down from $1.1 billion in February 2023.
Imports from Russia fell 36.65% to $1.3 billion from $2 billion a year earlier.
A U.S. threat to impose sanctions on financial firms doing business with Russia has chilled Turkish-Russian trade, disrupting or slowing some payments for both imported oil and Turkish exports, Reuters reported this week.
Reporting by Huseyin Hayatsever; editing by Jason Neely
Lebanese President Joseph Aoun arrived in Ankara on Thursday for an official visit during which he is due to meet Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to discuss economic and security cooperation.
Turkish police detained the opposition mayor of Ankara's Etimesgut district and 51 other suspects on Thursday in a graft investigation, the Interior Ministry said.
U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres begins a fresh effort on Tuesday to coax Cyprus' rival sides back into peace talks after nearly a decade of deadlock.
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