Rupture of Saudi Arabia - Turkey
Saudi Arabia announced its decision to impose an embargo on Turkish products, with the Turkish newspaper Cumhuriyet reporting a severe blow to the already crippled Turkish economy.
Riyadh imposed an unofficial embargo on Turkish products, including textiles and food, last year, and from next week the embargo will become official.
According to the Turkish press, exports to Saudi Arabia amounted to $ 3,3 billion a year. Turkey exported, among other things, fruits, vegetables, food and furniture to the Arab kingdom.
Blocked at airports
The Saudis are holding hundreds of Turkish trucks on the border with Saudi Arabia and thousands of packages from Turkey at their airports. Some of them were exceptionally allowed after the intervention of Turkish diplomats.
"Saudi Arabia is our most important market. But my Saudi client no longer buys products. At the end of this month, the trade stops. We make the last uploads. "We are confused about what to do," said traders in Saudi Arabia and Turkey.
"Our customers are used to buying Turkish products, they are satisfied. However, they can no longer buy more. "We tell them to send them to us through a third country," a businessman told the Turkish newspaper.
"Small and medium-sized enterprises are very worried, as exports from southeastern provinces such as Hatay, Gaziantep and Diyarbakır stop," he added.
Rupture of Saudi Arabia - Turkey
It is noted that the Erdogan regime has launched attacks on the face of Crown Prince Mohammed and has openly accused him of ordering the assassination of journalist Jamal Kasogi.
Relations between the two countries are strained by Turkey's Gulf policy, military operations in Syria and the assassination of Jamal Kasogi.
Tensions in politics also disrupted economic relations, and in fact a silent embargo was applied for two years, which has now become official.
Source: tovima.gr