President Erdoğan: Turkey to break exports record by year-end with $170B

 

President and AK Party’s Chairman Recep Tayyip Erdoğan attends the parliamentary group meeting.

2019 BUDGET TO ALLOW MAJOR INVESTMENTS AND PROJECTS

Recalling that the first budget of the Presidential System of Government was voted on and approved at the Grand National Assembly of Turkey (GNAT), President Erdoğan stated that the budget for 2019 was prepared in a way that would enable the country to undertake major services, projects and investments throughout the year.

U.S. DECISION TO WITHDRAW FROM SYRIA

Responding to a question as to whether the U.S. will withdraw from Syria alone or together with all the other coalition powers, President Erdoğan said: “The U.S. did its part. Yet the statement made by Macron in France is different. We now thus heed the statement made by Mr. Trump and we maintain healthy cooperation with him. In the meantime, a group of my friends will pay a visit to Moscow in a couple of days. I will, later on, have a meeting with Mr. Putin depending on the outcomes of the Moscow visit.”

TURKEY TO CONTINUE ITS FIGHT AGAINST TERROR WITH DETERMINATION

In answer to a question about Turkey’s possible operation east of the Euphrates, President Erdoğan drew attention to the effective coordination among Turkey’s military and intelligence units in the war on terror. Stressing Turkey’s determination to continue fighting terrorist organizations, President Erdoğan noted that Turkey could conduct anti-terror operations at any moment without announcing in advance.