The two countries reached a consensus on signing a Turkey-Ukraine free trade agreement for achieving a trade target of $10 billion.<\/p>\n
Oktay also expressed Turkey’s concern regarding the annexation of Crimea.<\/p>\n
Eastern Ukraine has been wracked by conflict since March 2014 after Russia\u2019s annexation of the peninsula. Pro-Russian separatists living in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions declared independence in a move not recognized by the international community, including Turkey.<\/p>\n
The meeting came after the inauguration ceremony of Zelensky at the parliament building in Kiev, which was attended by heads of state, presidents of parliament and ministers from various countries.<\/p>\n
Oktay also met Romania’s Deputy Prime Minister Ana Birchall during his visit to Ukraine, he said on Twitter.<\/p>\n
The two exchanged views on the meeting of the Turkey-Romania Joint Economic Committee planned to be held this year, he added.<\/p>\n
In a Twitter post, Birchall said: “Honored to meet the Vice President of #Turkey @fuatoktay06, welcoming positive developments in bilateral relations especially in the #economic field & in-depth dialog on sectoral #cooperation initiatives within our #StrategicPartnership, as well as regional & multilateral formats.”<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Oktay received Gagauz Turks, Ahiska Turks and Crimean Tatars living in Ukraine at Turkey’s Embassy in Kiev.<\/p>\n
In the meeting, Oktay stressed that Turkey’s support will continue.<\/p>\n
Additionally, he met with representatives of Turkish civil society and business residing in Ukraine.<\/p>\n
On Turkey’s commitment to increase its trade volume with Ukraine, Oktay said trade volume between the two countries is around $6 billion. Turkey aims to increase it to $10 billion.<\/p>\n
During his swearing-in, Zelensky announced that he was dissolving parliament.<\/p>\n
According to the Ukrainian Constitution, parliamentary elections must be held within 60 days after this occurs.<\/p>\n
Zelensky won runoff elections on April 21 by a landslide, according to exit polls.<\/p>\n
As a candidate of the Servant of the People party, he secured 73.2% of the vote, while his rival, incumbent President Petro Poroshenko, received 25.3%.<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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