# Deputy president Paul Mashatile is on a working visit to Turkey, where he will co-chair the inaugural Bi-National Commission between South Africa and Turkey in Ankara today. The purpose of the commission is to serve as a structured platform for enhancing and coordinating political, economic, and social cooperation between the two countries. Mashatile will then travel to Istanbul for economic diplomacy engagements, including addressing the 5th biennial Turkey-Africa Business and Economic Forum on Thursday. South Africa is Turkey’s largest trading partner in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Deputy president Mashatile is on a working visit to Turkey to elevate trade relations