18.11.2014 İstanbul
Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Mihai Draban, Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Turkey Consultant Haldun Özbek and Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Secretary General Traian Caramanian visited TOBB President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu.
The visit took place at the İstanbul TOBB Plaza during which TOBB
President Hisarcıklıoğlu congratulated Draban on his election to the Presidency
of the Romanian Chamber of Commerce and Industry and expressed his belief that
the Romanian Chambers’ endeavors will be improved with his involvement.
Emphasizing that Romania is very important for the Turkish business
community, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “The Turkish private sector’s first
international experience in the 90s was with Romania. Your proactive approach
to furthering our cooperation as evidenced by this visit is a vision of the
things to come. I am confident that we can further the cooperation between our
two countries. There are no disagreements between our governments; we work
together in international platforms. I would also like to thank you for your
support for our country’s EU membership. We will sign an agreement to increase
our cooperation, establishing a work committee between our Chambers. I extend
my wishes for the fruitful labors of this committee.”
- Efforts to further strategic
partnership
The guest Chambers President Draban thanked Hisarcıklıoğlu for his
sentiments and stated that they are currently working to increase the prestige
of their chamber. Draban said, “We are working closely with the Turkish
businessmen in Romania. There are 13,500 Turkish private sector representatives
in Romania, to this end, we would like to develop our strategic partnership
with you.”
Pointing out that there are significant opportunities for cooperation,
especially in the fields of energy and transportation, Draban said, “Köstence
stands at the mouth of the Danube; we have a project to utilize the Danube for
transportation to Central European countries, additionally Romania is very
suitable for wind energy investments. We invite Turkish companies to Romania.”