Fedor Smirnov. The presidents of Turkey and Ukraine have agreed to increase the volume of trade between 2 countries from the current 6 billion to $ 10 billion by 2017 and up to $ 20 billion by 2023, said the leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the last working day of the week over the course of its visit to Ukraine. "Ten years ago, the volume of trade between Ukraine and Turkey amounted to $ 1, 3 billion. At the end of 2014 it reached 6 billion. We agreed to increase it to $ 10 billion by 2017 and up to $ 20 billion by 2023-mu, " Erdogan said in Kiev in the course of a mutual press conference with his Ukrainian counterpart, Petro Poroshenko. Turkey's leader added that Ankara and Kiev have plans as soon as possible to conclude a free trade agreement, which comes to an end.