10.10.2017 Moldova
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu visited Moldova on the 8th and 9th of October, 2017, with a delegation accompanying him. Hisarcıklıoğlu met with Turkish entrepreneurs in the Republic of Moldova during his first visit to the country in cooperation with the Chisinau Turkish Embassy.
Turkish entrepreneurs in Moldova provided information regarding business
opportunities, the business environment and the problems in Moldova during the
meeting attended by the Turkish Ambassador to Moldova, Hulusi Kılıç.
Turkish contractors who have successfully completed projects totaling a
volume of 280 million USD in the fields of hotel construction and operation,
shopping center construction and operation, private hospital construction and
operation, private school administration, textile industry, etc. are successfully
fulfilling their task of bridging the two countries.
On the second day of the visit, Hisarcıklıoğlu and the delegation accompanying
him met with Moldovan Democratic Party President Vladimir Plahotniuc and then
with Moldovan Prime Minister Pavel Filip.
During talks, investment opportunities in Moldova were discussed in
detail and Turkish investors were invited to continue investing in Moldova.
Moldova's economic transformation process and future reform plans were discussed
with emphasis on the importance of sharing the experiences of the Turkish
business community.
Hisarcıklıoğlu later visited the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of
Moldova. Hisarcıklıoğlu and Head of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of
Moldova Sergiu Harea discussed bilateral cooperation between the two countries'
chamber systems and cooperation possibilities within the EUROCHAMBRES framework,
emphasizing the importance of cooperation.
The TOBB delegation, following the talks in the capital Chisinau, also
visited the autonomous region of Gagauz. The delegation met with Gagauzia
President Irina Vlah, Rector of Komrat State University Dr. Serghei Zahari and
students, followed by a visit to the Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Nursing Home, which
was modernized by TİKA.
Taking part in the delegation were Nevşehir CCI President and Customs
and Tourism Enterprises Co. Inc. Chairman Arif Parmaksız, Edirne CE President
Özay Öztürk, Gerede CCI President Ersin Kaşa, Kayseri CI President Mehmet
Büyüksimitçi, Şanlıurfa CE President Mehmet Kaya, Van CCI President Necdet
Takva and Summo Holding Chairman Selim Bora.