15.12.2018 Ashgabat / Turkmenistan
The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, along with Minister of Trade and Ruhsar Pekcan and the delegation accompanying her, attended the opening of the “9th Turkish Export Products Fair,” held in Ashgabat.
Speaking
at the opening, Minister Ruhsar Pekcan stated that the world economy is going
through a period where there are threats such as trade wars. In such times,
economic and commercial cooperation between Europe's fastest with growing and
most dynamic economy, Turkey and the ancestral homeland of Turkmenistan is of
critical importance.
Stating
that Turkmenistan, in terms of economics and commerce, is an important partner
in the Central Asian region which they regard as the gateway to Central Asia,
Pekcan said, “There are no obstacles between the hearts and minds of the two sister
nations; there is no distance.”
Following
the speeches, TOBB President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, Trade Minister Ruhsar
Pekcan and Turkmenistan Trade and Foreign Economic Relations Minister Amandurdu
İşanov visited the booths in the fairgrounds and received information about the
exhibited products and services.
(Photos:
Anadolu Agency)