The country's president stated on Tuesday, June 22, that Turkish exports will reach a record USD200 billion in 2021. Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated in a video message to the Qatar Economic Forum 2021that "Turkey's annual economic growth rate of 7 percent in the first quarter of 2021 bolstered our expectations for the rest of the year".
Pointing to worldwide financial figures that showed the extent of the fallout produced by the COVID-19 pandemic, Erdogan stated that the world's least developed and developing countries had been "left to their fate." "We witness the same carelessness displayed on vaccines," he declared, adding that international financial revival would not be possible unless vaccines and drugs are made obtainable to all countries in a just way.