In an interview with Ankara-based newsagent Anadolu Agency, Willem Oosterveld said that the Turkish-Chinese initiative to conduct mutual trade in the countries’ own currencies rather than the US dollar is in line with the objectives of the recently established Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. Further economic cooperation between the two countries also reaffirms Turkey’s key position in China’s One Belt, One Road initiative, which is to stimulate the creation of trade links across the Asian continent in the years to come.
The full interview can be read here.