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Starting the work of the Joint Economic Forum between the region and Turkey in Erbil
On: Sat 1/21/2012 9:42
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launched in the capital, Erbil Economic Forum shared between Kurdistan and Turkey with the participation of the delegation of a commercial high-ranking Turkish, headed by the Minister for Foreign Trade of the Republic of Turkey Zafer Caglayan of more than 150 companies and businessmen, and the Minister of Trade and Industry, Government of the Territory Sinan Celebi. The Forum witnessed a number of meetings and meetings between the Chambers of Commerce and the Kurdish and Turkish companies on both sides
In order to develop and promote economic activities and raise the prospects of trade exchange between the Republic of Turkey and the Kurdistan region. At the beginning of the decrees made by Sinan Celebi word highlighted which highlights the importance of trade and economic relations between the two sides, and said that "Turkey is important outlet of the relations of the Kurdistan region with Europe, especially after the phase of the fall of the former Iraqi regime, at the same time is the Kurdistan region of input trade of the Republic of Turkey for the start to the rest of Iraq to carry out commercial activities, and we hope to expand ties at all levels. " The Chalabi to that in 1995 The Ministry of Trade and Industry for the first time registration of foreign companies in the Kurdistan region and the first listed companies are from Turkey, and since then, we see the number continues to increase as a Turkish companies rate the majority of these listed companies. He also pointed to the visit of Prime Minister of Turkey, Kurdistan, and their positive impact on the level of economic relations on both sides. The Minister for Foreign Trade, Turkish Zafer Caglayan in a speech "when we visit the Kurdistan Region of Anhar that we are strangers, but in our house because we we were all due respect for the people of the Kurdistan region and opened the doors of hospitality to the people of the region in general and Erbil in particular.
In another aspect of his speech touched on the importance of the Economic Forum, said that his country is seeking to develop business relationship with the territory of Kurdistan and Iraq and said that trade volume last year reached $ 12 billion, Iraq, the country's second most importers of Turkish products, and we want to reach that figure to more than 20 billion dollars .. and participated in the Forum 120 companies and dozens of Turkish companies and Iraqi Kurdistan to the Iraqi traders of the Kurds and Arabs.
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