15.11.2014 Brisbane / Australia
TOBB President and B20 Turkey Chairman Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, meeting with G20 leaders in Brisbane, Australia, talked about the course of the global economy.
As a part of the G20 Leaders Summit, prominent business community
representatives – a single representative from each country - met with the G20
leaders during the G20-B20 Dialogue Meeting, TOBB president and B20 Turkey
Chairman Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu represented Turkey.
Following the G20-B20 Dialogue Meeting, Hisarcıklıoğlu stated in his
assessments that meeting with the G20 leaders on a platform such as this is a
great opportunity for the business community, “Thanks to this meeting, we found
opportunity to directly relay the issues encountered by the business community
to the leaders of G20. It has been my honor to participate in this meeting
representing Turkey.”
Relating the outlook of global economy from the viewpoint of a
developing country, Turkey, to the G20 leaders during the meeting,
Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that their expectations as the business community from
the G20 leaders is for them to back policies which support companies,
especially SMEs.
Hisarcıklıoğlu emphasized that G20 needs to be more active as a global
arbitration platform, stating that G20 countries are also responsible for
integrating non-G20 countries into the system.