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Thursday 03 Dec 2015 - 14:25 Makkah mean time-21-2-1437
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Doha, (IINA) - Turkey and Qatar have signed a visa-free travel agreement on Wednesday, World Bulletin (WB) reported citing Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The first meeting of Qatari-Turkish Supreme Strategic Committee was held here on Wednesday under the Co-chairmanship of Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani and Turkish President Erdogan, Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported.
"From now on, visas between Turkey and Qatar have been removed," Erdogan told reporters in the Gulf state, adding that people from both countries will now be able to visit each other much more easily, according to WB
The Turkish president said that the visa-free agreement was a "last second" decision, for which he thanked the Qatari Emir.
Erdogan and al-Thani also chaired the Turkey-Qatar high strategic committee’s first meeting in the Qatari capital of Doha during which 15 bilateral agreements were signed. Erdogan said that the visa-free agreement was the 16th agreement between the two countries.
It is noteworthy that during the meeting the two sides reviewed the close relations between their countries and the means to develop and enhance them in various fields to attain the mutual interests of their peoples. They also discussed a host of regional and international issues, particularly the Palestinian problem and the situation in Syria.
SM/IINA
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