Trinidad and Tobago, Turkiye celebrate 50 years of diplomatic relations

TRINIDAD and Tobago and Turkiye are celebrating 50 years of diplomatic relations.

In a joint press release by Caricom and Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Amery Browne and Turkiye ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago Bengü Yiğitgüden, they said the two countries "enjoy extensive co-operation on a wide range of issues.

"...Both at the bilateral level as well as within the framework of regional and international organisations including the Caricom and the Association of Caribbean States."

They said it is on this basis that they're fully committed to "deepening and diversifying" the relationship between the countries.

On this solid basis, we are now fully committed to further deepening and diversifying our relationship

"Looking ahead, we are confident that what we have accomplished within the last five decades has been mutually beneficial for both our peoples and remain assured that the best years of our partnership are still ahead of us."