President Erdoğan: We are becoming a country that has a say in defense and aerospace technologies

 

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan made a speech at the opening ceremony of MAKS-2019 Airshow.

Pointing out that Turkey has made a breakthrough in the aviation sector in the recent period, President Erdoğan said: “We are becoming a country that has a say in defense and aerospace technologies. Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI), one of the fastest-growing aerospace companies in the world, increases its exports with every passing year. Turkish aerospace industry’s exports reached 2.5 billion dollars in total by 2018 year-end.”

The sincere and close dialogue between Turkey and Russia is fed by the two countries’ long-established and multidimensional cooperation built upon a rich historical past, underlined President Erdoğan, and continued: “The number of Russian tourists visiting Turkey this year keeps breaking new records. We predict nearly 6 million Russian tourists to visit Turkey in 2019. Our trade volume has surpassed 25 billion dollars and the goal is 100 billion dollars. I believe the synergy we have been cultivating with Russia in aerospace technologies will help further deepen the bilateral relations.”