By Gokhan Yildiz</p> <p>ISTANBUL (AA) – Turkey's Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association (MUSIAD) opened Sunday a new office in India, one of the five countries Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan had set as a goal for.</p> <p>The new office will largely contribute to the bilateral ties of Turkey and India, said Ibrahim Uyar, head of MUSIAD's foreign organization and development commission.</p> <p>He added that there was an imbalance in economic cooperation between the two countries.
Out of a total $6 billion imports to India, only $760 million were from Turkey.
“It is very important to balance the gap. The biggest aim of MUSIAD India office will be to reduce this imbalance,” he said.