Turkey, Poland to create committee to boost trade
Posted by meb at October 30th, 2008
Turkey and Poland have agreed to establish the Common Economic Committee as a means to help drive up trade volume between the two countries to $5 billion by 2010.
Visiting Poland with several businessmen, the minister of state for foreign trade, Kürşat Tüzmen, held a joint news conference yesterday with Poland’s Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy Waldemar Pawlak to announce the establishment of the committee.
The committee will be created soon, and its convention will alternate annually between Turkey and Poland. In each meeting, the committee will take into consideration the level reached in commercial ties and suggest regulations to improve relations accordingly. The committee will include officials and businessmen from both countries. The committee was formed to replace the Joint Economic Council, which has been idle since 1993. Tüzmen said the creation of the committee was the first tangible result of his visit to Poland. He said Turkey had failed to convince Poland to restart the Joint Economic Council. The new committee, however, marks the start of a new era of economic cooperation between the two nations, he announced.
Another result of his official visit to Poland, the minister said, was the agreement on the creation of a method to promote the Turkish companies to the Polish market. Tüzmen said the products of the Turkish companies that have established as well-known brands will be introduced to Polish consumers in a special promotion.
Polish authorities expressed the intention to work for solving the hurdles Turkish businessmen usually encounter while doing business with the country. Tüzmen also called on Poland’s businessmen to consider investing in Turkey’s dynamic economy. He pointed to the potential in the energy business, saying Turkey is rapidly moving toward becoming a hub of energy in the international arena.
Pawlak, in his speech after Tüzmen’s remarks, also talked about the formation of the committee and said the committee will play a vital role in boosting trade between the two nations.
source: Today’s Zaman
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