03.09.2016 China
In China alongside the President of the Republic of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan for the G20 Summit, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the opening ceremony of the Business20 Summit.
Attending the
ceremony was held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, with an opening keynote by Chinese
President Xi Jinping were South African President Jacob Zuma, Canadian Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau and TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu from Turkey.
Chinese Leader Xi
said in his opening keynote, “The world is wondering whether China can maintain
its steady growth. We have full confidence in our ability to maintain our
development and offer opportunities for the global economy.”
- B20, junction of the business world
B20 is the business
world’s entrepreneurship group in G20. Also attending the summit attended by
President Erdoğan hosted by China will be leaders of Chad, Egypt, Kazakhstan,
Laos, Senegal, Singapore, Spain and Thailand.
- TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu’s high level talks
In Hangzhou, Zhejiang
for the B20 China Summit, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu met with IMF
Chair Christine Lagarde to talk about developments in Turkey. During the
meeting, Lagarde extended her condolences to the Turkish nation.
Meeting with World
Bank Chair Kim and OECD Secretary General Gurria for discussing various issues,
Hisarcıklıoğlu also exchanged views with Alibaba owner Jack Ma. Hisarcıklıoğlu
discussed projects to increase trade with Turkey.