Samoa–Turkey relations explained

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

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.

Economic Relations

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

See also

• Foreign relations of Samoa
• Foreign relations of Turkey

Notes and References

1. Web site: Relations between Turkey and Samoa. Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey.
2. 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.