10.01.2014 Kuala Lumpur / Malezya

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, along with Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi, met with the CEOs of Malaysia’s Petronas and Khazanah Nasional Berhad companies.

TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu attended PM Erdoğan’s Far East tour along with TOBB Board of Directors Vice Presidents Halim Mete and İbrahim Çağlar.

Hisarcıklıoğlu’s first order of business was to attend Economy Minister Nihat Zeybekçi’s meeting with the CEOs of Malaysia’s Petronas and Khazanah Nasional Berhad companies. The first meeting was with Malaysia’s energy giant, Petronas. 68^th on the list of world’s 500 largest companies, Petronas is active mostly in the energy sector. During the meeting, company representatives stated that they have small investments in the mineral oil field in Turkey, as well as stating that Turkey is one of their target markets.  

The second meeting was with the state company of Malaysia, Khazanah Nasional Berhad. With 35 billion USD in total value, Khazanah Nasional Berhad is active in many sectors in Turkey including airport management. Stating that they have 1.5 billion USD invested in Turkey, company representatives expressed their desire to be active in a wider variety of fields in Turkey.  

TOBB President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu invited both companies to invest in Turkey during the meetings.