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‘Transport means vital for supporting trade with Iran’
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Hisarcıklıoğlu (R) and Iranian Minister Rahmati (L) meet in Tehran to discuss how they can strengthen trade between their two countries.
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The president of the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB) and the Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK) has met with the Iranian transportation minister to discuss how they can strengthen trade between the two countries.
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Visiting Tehran yesterday for the sixth meeting of the Turkish-Iranian Business Council, TOBB head Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu and his delegation met first with Iranian Transportation Minister Mohammad Rahmati before the council meeting. Hisarcıklıoğlu told the Iranian minister that Turkey wants to improve and develop relations with its “friend and brother” nation Iran, especially in regards to the Turkish private sector. He noted that many wealthy nations carry out up to 50 percent of their foreign trade with neighboring countries and that in addition to spreading regional wealth, this also works to create a security zone in the region. Hisarcıklıoğlu also pointed to Turkey’s current levels of foreign trade with neighboring nations, noting that while it had been at 6 percent of total foreign trade in 2000, it had reached 35 percent last year. He said Turkey has a desire to engage in more reciprocal trading in the region. “There can be no wealth without trade. Good intentions are not enough for trade,” said Hisarcıklıoğlu. Noting during the meeting with Rahmati that Turkey and Iran were each others’ gateways to the East and West, respectively, Hisarcıklıoğlu said for this reason, means of transportation between the two nations should be developed to facilitate trade. He said one of the topics on the agenda for the Turkish-Iranian Business Council meeting would be the new transportation routes being opened up between China and the West. “In the revival of the former Silk Road, Iran could play a historic role. There is a need to draw up a shared schedule on this among all the nations involved.” Rahmati agreed, noting that transportation is in fact vital for supporting trade between neighboring nations. He commented that transportation over land, sea, air and railway routes need to be developed between Turkey and Iran, noting that business figures from both countries would benefit from this development and that it would take trade relations between the two countries to the next level.
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