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The agreement, if signed, will allow Israeli airlines access to Turkey.
Israel and Turkey on Thursday initialed a civil aviation agreement as part of a broader deal to broaden bilateral ties.
The aviation agreement would be the first of its kind to be signed since 1951, and would allow Israeli airlines to resume flights to Turkey.
Israeli Transportation Minister Merav Michaeli expressed her thanks to the Prime Minister’s Office and the Foreign Ministry, as well to the head of Israel’s Civil Aviation Authority, Joel Feldschuh, for their roles in promoting the agreement.
On Tuesday, Israel’s Economy and Industry Minister announced the reopening of Israel’s economic office in Istanbul on August 1, after the office’s activities were drastically reduced in 2019.
The return of an Israeli economic attaché in Istanbul will affect about 1,540 Israeli companies currently exporting to the Turkish market and help strengthen their business operations within this market, the ministry said in a statement.
“Turkey is the fourth most important trading partner in the Israeli economy and the fifth most important export destination in 2021,” it added.
According to the Foreign Trade Administration, mutual trade of goods and business services between Israel and Turkey in 2021 stood at $7.7 billion, an increase of about 30% compared to 2020.
Caption: Check-in at Ben Gurion International Airport, on July 7, 2022.
Photo Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.
