Erdogan, eyeing more trade with Iran, says Turkey weighing opening new border crossin

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Turkey is considering opening new border crossings with eastern neighbour Iran, President Tayyip Erdogan said late on Wednesday after talks with his Iranian counterpart, as they seek to revive sagging economic relations. Erdogan, speaking at a Turkish-Iranian business council meeting alongside Iran's President Ebrahim Raisi, blamed international sanctions on Tehran and the COVID pandemic for a decline in trade volumes. Trade between Turkey and Iran peaked in 2012 at nearly $22 billion but has since fallen.
 
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