Colombian president to visit Turkiye soon

BOGOTA, Colombia

Colombian President Ivan Duque will visit Turkiye soon to discuss bilateral relations with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, he said Wednesday.

“We are at a very important point in terms of cooperation in security and information exchange in the fight against terrorism and cross-border crime,” said Duque, speaking after meeting with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu.

Duque said an investment protection agreement with Turkiye will be presented to Congress in the coming weeks and they will work to eliminate double taxation, which will create investment and trade opportunities for the two countries.

“Colombia and Turkey ratify cooperation in areas such as agriculture, energy transition, trade, investment, security and the fight against transnational crime. We express our gratitude to Foreign Minister @MevlutCavusoglu for his visit to our country,” Duque also said on Twitter.

Cavusoglu’s Colombia visit on his Latin American tour follows stops in Uruguay, Brazil and Ecuador and will continue with Panama and Venezuela before he returns to Turkiye this weekend.