17 April 2010 / TODAY’S ZAMAN, İSTANBUL
Four agreements were signed between Turkey and China yesterday in the fields of tourism, construction and energy, during an official visit by a high-level Chinese delegation to Turkey.
Presided over by Li Changchun, a member of the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China, the delegation was received by Deputy Prime Minister and Economy Minister Ali Babacan. Following the meeting, four agreements were signed between the two countries, the first being a cultural memorandum of understanding, which envisions the establishment of cultural centers in each country. A letter of intent for financial cooperation between China and Turkey was signed by Turkey’s Treasury undersecretary and officials from the China Development Bank. An agreement was also reached between Eren Holding of Turkey and the Chinese International Sinoma Engineering Co. Ltd. on the Akdeniz cement project. In addition, Turkish Bereket Energy Production and Chinese Zhejiang Orient Engineering signed a deal for cooperation on the Çankırı power plant project.
The delegation comprised six ministers along with businessmen and journalists from China.
