Samoa–Turkey relations

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]

Samoa-Turkey relations

Samoa	Turkey

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.

Diplomatic Visits

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

Economic relations

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

See also

• Foreign relations of Samoa
• Foreign relations of Turkey