18.01.2015 İstanbul
Attending the B20 Coalition Meeting, B20 Turkey and TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, along with B20 Board Members, said, “We are facing problems we haven’t encountered before in the global economy. We are discussing a time when an abundance of money will no longer be the case. We are in a time when unemployment has reached 40% in some countries; a time when economic inequality deepens.”
Stating that global problems require global solutions, Hisarcıklıoğlu
emphasized the importance of the G20 to this end.
Stating that they will work to strengthen B20, the business wing of the
G20, during Turkey’s term, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “At this point, it is our wish
to be working in close cooperation with the B20.”
Stressing that they are bringing a new approach to B20, Hisarcıklıoğlu
said, “We will hold more meetings than ever before throughout the year. Regional
consultation meetings to be held in regions which are sorely underrepresented
in the G20 and will work to include them into the G20 process. We will work
diligently to provide global solutions to global problems.”
B20 Turkey Sherpa Sarp Kalkan also provided a presentation on the annual
itinerary.