UPDATE – Qatar to make direct investment of $15B in Turkey

UPDATES WITH QATARI EMIR'S TWEETS

By Kemal Karadag

ANKARA (AA) – Qatar will make $15 billion of direct investment in Turkey, Qatar’s leader said on a visit to Ankara on Wednesday, said Turkey’s presidential spokesman.

“Qatar has pledged $15 billion of direct investments in Turkey, ” tweeted Ibrahim Kalin after President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, Qatar's emir, in the capital Ankara.

“Turkish-Qatari relations are based on solid foundations of true friendship and solidarity,” Kalin added.

According to the Turkish presidential press office, Erdogan and al-Thani also exchanged views on bilateral relations and regional developments during their three-hour meeting.

In an interview Wednesday with Anadolu Agency, Qatar’s Ambassador to Turkey Salem bin Mubarak Al-Shafi said: “The state of Qatar is always proactive in supporting its Turkish brothers.”

Al-Thani’s visit, the diplomat said, “will serve to confirm the close links between the Qatari and Turkish people and their common positions vis-à-vis the many challenges they face.”

He added: “Our strong relations with the Republic of Turkey enjoy a special status among our people.”

Tweeting later on Wednesday, al-Thani said: “We are together with Turkey and our brothers there, who stand by Qatar and problems of the Ummah. ”

Al-Thani said they have announced an investment project package worth $15 billion in Turkey which has a “productive, strong and solid economy “.

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