Angela Merkel says Germany wants Turkey to prosper
German Premier Angela Merkel said after meeting the head of the Bosnian government Monday that Germany benefits from an economically stable neighborhood and added: ""Nobody has an interest in the economic destabilization of Turkey. Germany definitely wants an economically prosperous Turkey. It is also in our interest."
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- Published Date: 12:00 | 13 August 2018
- Modified Date: 05:44 | 13 August 2018
Chancellor Angela Merkel says that Germany wants to see Turkey prosper economically and is stressing the importance of its central bank's independence.
Merkel said after meeting the head of the Bosnian government Monday that Germany benefits from an economically stable neighborhood and added: "Germany wants an economically prosperous Turkey. That is in our interests, too."
She said that "no one ... has an interest in an economic destabilization of Turkey, but of course everything must be done so that, for example, an independent central bank can work and so on."
Merkel added that she will talk to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan about the current issues soon.
Erdoğan is expected to visit Germany on Sept. 28-29. He made his last official visit to Berlin in February 2014.
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