07.01.2014 Tokyo / Japan

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, along with TOBB Board Vice Presidents Halime Mete and İbrahim Çağlar, attended the Nikkei Forum in Japan.

During his speech at the Forum, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan touch on such matters as Turkey’s financial transformation process, 2023 vision and perspectives on foreign policy.

PM Erdoğan spoke about the importance attributed to development of Turkish-Japanese financial relations and voiced his opinion on a possible Turkey-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement. Erdoğan invited the Japanese business community to invest in Turkey. PM Erdoğan also answered questions regarding Turkey’s economy, Turkey-EU relations as well as Turkish foreign policy and domestic politics.