Turkey summons firms to discuss Egypt, Tunisia

REUTERS


Turkey's foreign trade minister has summoned companies that do business with Egypt and Tunisia to discuss measures to limit the impact of political upheaval there, he said on Monday.


Fast-growing Turkey, which has annual trade volume of some $4 billion with the two countries, has set up crisis desks at its Foreign Trade Directorate to deal with the issue, State Minister Zafer Caglayan said in a statement.