Turkish and Chinese companies will sign on Wednesday contracts totalling $1.38 billion in an attempt to bolster economic ties between the two countries, Turkey's Economy Minister Zafer Caglayan said.
"Today, Chinese and Turkish firms will ink deals worth nearly $1.38 billion," Caglayan was quoted as saying by the Anatolia news agency during a landmark visit by China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping in Istanbul.
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