03.02.2014 Ankara

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu hosted the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Netherlands to Ankara, Ron Keller at his office.

During the meeting, Ambassador Ron Keller stated that they wish to develop trade relations between Turkey and the Netherlands and went on to say that the 6.5 billion USD trade volume achieved in 2013 is insufficient and that they want to increase their investments in Turkey.

Keller stated that they will invite Dutch companies to come to Turkey and asked for TOBB’s support in bringing them together with the companies under TOBB’s umbrella.

TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu emphasized that in order to increase trade, the obstacles effecting it need to be eliminated, stating that the major issue negatively impacting trade is the visa issue and that as long as visas remain in place, the desired level of trade will not be attained.