Samoa–Turkey relations

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Samoa-Turkey relations
Map indicating locations of Samoa and Turkey

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Samoa–Turkey relations are foreign relations between Samoa and Turkey. The Turkish ambassador in Wellington, New Zealand is accredited to Samoa since April 12, 1979.[1]

Diplomatic Relations[edit]

Turkey and Samoa have friendly relations. Through TIKA, Turkey[1] cooperates[2] with the European Investment Bank and JICA on the development of school buildings,[3] district hospitals[4] and reductions of the financial burden[5] on the Samoan Development Bank through loan forgiveness.

Turkey also contributes—US $60.5 million[2] to date— to Samoa Development Bank's lending programs to farmers[2] and fishermen at large.

Diplomatic Visits[edit]

Guest Host Place of visit Date of visit
Samoa Prime Minister Malielegaoi Turkey President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan World Humanitarian Summit, Istanbul May 23–24, 2016[1]

Economic Relations[edit]

  • Trade volume between the two countries was negligible million USD in 2019.[1]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d "Relations between Turkey and Samoa". Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey.
  2. ^ a b c Grattan, C. Hartley. The Southwest Pacific since 1900: A Modern History Australia, New Zealand, The Islands, Antarctica. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2020.
  3. ^ "Schools in Micronesia Prior to American Administration." Pacific Studies 8, 1 (2014), pp. 95-109.
  4. ^ Alkire, William H. An Introduction to the Peoples and Cultures of Micronesia. Menlo Park, CA: Cummings, 2017.
  5. ^ Brower, Kenneth. Micronesia: The Land, the People, and the Sea. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2001.
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