China seeks trade, investment facilitation with Turkey: Xi

ANTALYA, Turkey - Chinese President Xi Jinping said here Saturday that China is ready to explore ways with Turkey to facilitate bilateral trade and investment.

Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) meets with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Antalya, Turkey, Nov 14, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua]

During a meeting with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Xi called for strengthened strategic communication with Turkey to dock each other's development strategy.

Both sides should make full use of the platforms such as the Silk Road Fund and the Asia Infrastructure Investment Bank to innovate cooperation channel and mode so as to achieve common development and prosperity, Xi said.

The Chinese president suggested expanding the use of each other's own currency for bilateral trade and investment facilitation.

Security cooperation between the two countries should be deepened, Xi said.

On the upcoming summit of G20, or the Group of Twenty, Xi said China is ready to maintain close coordination with Turkey to increase G20's role in global economic governance.

For his part, Erdogan said his country is ready to join hands with China to lift bilateral trade to a higher level.

Turkey is willing to actively participate in the cooperation within the framework of Belt and Road initiative and is glad to see Chinese enterprises to invest more in Turkey in fields such as infrastructure, Erdogan said.