Ankara– Turkish Economy Minister Mustafa Elitas said he will visit the Iranian capital soon to discuss upgrading a preferential trade agreement between the two countries to a free trade agreement.

IFIF Public Relations- The visit to Iran by the Turkish official comes as the Western sanctions on Tehran are lifted after a nuclear deal with world powers was finalized in January.

A preferential trade agreement was signed between Iran and Turkey in 2014 and was implemented in 2015 that is regarded as a major step for moving to a trade agreement regime between the two neighboring countries, Elitas said.

The aim of revising the existing agreement is to add other goods to it so that it will finally grow to turn into a free trade agreement, the minister added. /