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İstanbul to host Turkish-Arab Economy Forum
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The Fourth Turkish-Arab Economy Forum (TAF'09) will be held in İstanbul on June 11-12.
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The forum will be organized by Al-Iktissad Wal-Aamal Group (AIWA) in cooperation with Turkey's Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEİK) and the Arab League, DEİK said in a written statement on Saturday. Turkish State Minister Egemen Bağış; Finance Minister Mehmet Şimşek; Agriculture and Rural Affairs Minister Mehmet Mehdi Eker; Rifat Hisarciklioğlu, chairman of both DEİK and the Turkish Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges (TOBB); and Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa are expected to participate in the forum, the DEİK statement said. Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan is also expected to deliver a speech at the opening of TAF'09. More than 800 senior officials from numerous companies, institutions and associations from Turkey and the Arab world will attend this year's forum.
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