When Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara, everything from bilateral relations, trade, vaccines as well as the sensate issue of Uighurs was on the table. The two countries have expressed their intent to grow the economic ties further as well as strengthening co-operation in the inoculation efforts against the Covid-19 pandemic. Turkey is using the Chinese firm Sinovac's CoronaVac vaccine and is currently negotiating new deliveries. So what are the potential hurdles in expanding these ties further?

Guests:

Selcuk Colakoglu

Director of Turkish Center for Asia-Pacific Studies

Einar Tangen

Political and Economic Affairs Commentator