17.05.2019 Nur Sultan / Kazakhstan

In the capital of Kazakhstan, Nur Sultan, charter for the Turkish Council of Speaking Countries Cooperation Council (Turkic Council) Chamber of Commerce and Industry (TTCI) was signed.

Attending the signing ceremony held in cooperation with the Kazakhstan National Entrepreneurs Chamber of the Turkish Council of “Atameken” as a part of the Astana Economic Forum, were Turkic Council Secretary General Baghdad Amreyev, the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, Kazakhstan Prime Minister Askar Mamin and Kazakhstan National Entrepreneurs Chamber “Atameken” President Ablay Myrzahmedov.

Turkey's Ambassador to Nur Sultan, Nevzat Uyanık, Azerbaijan Ambassador Rashad Mamadov, Kazakh-Turkish Businessmen Association (TÜKİB) President Fırat Develioğlu as well as Kazakh and Turkish businessmen were present at the ceremony.

TTCI charter was signed by Hisarcıklıoğlu, Myrzahmedov, Vice President of the Kyrgyzstan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Nurlan Musuraliyev and President of the Azerbaijan National Entrepreneurs Confederation Mamed Musayev.

In his speech following the ceremony, TOBB President Hisarcıklıoğlu recalled that Nazarbayev gave the mandate to establish TTCI at the Turkish Council summit in Antalya in 2006, “We were able to do this exactly 13 years later. We made Nazarbayev’s dream a reality.”

Stating that they want to see the chambers of commerce and industry in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan to join them as well, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “I believe that thanks to our contacts, these two sister organizations will join us.”

Hisarcıklıoğlu, reporting that the TTCI Secretariat will be in Turkey, said, “We are committed to providing all support in terms of staff and office as TOBB.”

Amreyev stated that the document has been in preparation for a long time and that the establishment of TTCI will open new doors for increasing of trade between the members of the Turkic Council.

Musayev said the TTCI would accelerate the strengthening of trade cooperation between the countries of the Turkic world. Musuraliyev pointed out that TTCI will provide the opportunity to expand mutual economic interaction.

Myrzahmedov also suggested that the first meeting of the TTCI should be held in Turkistan.