Officials and businesspeople from Türkiye and North Macedonia gathered on Friday to address ways to boost their bilateral trade volume and evaluate new investment opportunities.
Trade Minister Ömer Bolat said the deep-rooted bonds between the two friendly nations enabled them to build a strong economic partnership.
That was echoed by North Macedonian Prime Minister Hristijan Mickoski, who said Türkiye was one of the first countries to recognize his country's independence in 1991, adding that political friendship should translate into concrete economic cooperation.
Bolat said the trade between the two countries had reached $886 million (TL 40.98 billion) as of the end of 2025.
"We are moving step-by-step toward our common goal of a $2 billion bilateral trade volume," Bolat told the Türkiye-North Macedonia Business Forum in Istanbul.
