25.10.2017 Ankara
TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu signed the cooperation agreement with the Uzbekistan State Investment Committee and the establishment agreement of the Turkish-Uzbek Chamber of Commerce and Industry Forum at the Presidential Complex.
Following the signing of the agreements, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan
and President of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev held a joint press conference.
Erdoğan stated in his speech that they’ve spoken with Mirziyoyev and the delegations
which have been very productive. He said that they are discussing possible avenues
of cooperation in the areas of the defense, health, agriculture, education and
culture industries.
Erdoğan said, “I would like to give you some good news. Turkish Airlines
will start scheduled flights from Istanbul to Samarkand on March 15th,
so that these two brother nations will have the opportunity to integrate more
tightly as a society.”
With the agreements which TOBB is a party to, a total of 20 agreements
have been signed between Turkey and Uzbekistan.