The President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan will pay a visit to the Republic of Moldova in the first half of next year. He will take part in the opening of the Consulate General of Turkey in Comrat. The announcement was made by Turkey’s Ambassador in Chisinau Hulusi Kilik in a news conference on September 22, IPN reports.

According to the ambassador, the agreements concerning the visit and the opening of the consulate were reached during the recent visit to Ankara made by Speaker of Parliament Andrian Candu. The sides also agreed to open a commercial office of Moldova in Istanbul.

An investment forum will be held in Comrat this November. The event is expected to involve a Turkish deputy minister. On December 14 and 15, Chisinau will host the meeting of the joint Moldovan-Turkish commission.

Hulusi Kilik also said that Turkey pleads for the extension of the Free Trade Agreement with Moldova that took effect last November. “With the coming into force of this agreement, bilateral trade increased. Now we want to extend this agreement,” stated the diplomat.

This year it is celebrated 25 years of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two states.