ISTANBUL/ANKARA, Feb. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Turkey agreed in principle to conclude their free trade negotiations in the first half of the year, and resume stalled negotiations on the Eurasian nation's atomic power plant construction project, officials said Sunday.
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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan shake hands at a meeting in Istanbul on Feb. 5. (Yonhap) |
The agreement was reached in talks between South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan in the ancient city of Istanbul. The two countries have held three rounds of negotiations on a free trade deal since April 2010.
