17.05.2019 Nur Sultan / Kazakhstan
The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu stated that they’ve renewed Turkey's 10 largest border crossings without spending a single cent from the treasury.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu,
in his speech at the signing ceremony of the Turkic Chamber of Commerce and
Industry held in Kazakhstan's capital, Nur Sultan, stated that Kazakhstan is
the heart of the Eurasian and Turkic geography.”
Referring
to the founder President Nursultan Nazarbayev as an elder of the Turkic world,
Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “The progress made by Kazakhstan under Nazarbayev makes us
happy and proud. His visionary leadership is a great chance not only for
Kazakhstan but also for our region and the Turkic world.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu
stated that Kazakhstan is accepted by the whole world thanks to Nazarbayev, is
a successful and respectable state, “Nazarbayev built Kazakhstan on solid
foundations.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu
said that changing the name of the capital Astana to Nur Sultan was a show of
exemplary fidelity and said, “We appreciate Kazakhstan. Nazarbayev could not be
given a better gift than this.”
- “We're one of the world's three
most advanced chamber systems”
Hisarcıklıoğlu,
underlining that TOBB is an organization that represents the entire private
sector in Turkey, stated that in terms of service capacity and their work, they
are one of the three most advanced chamber systems in the world, being involved
in global business organizations as well.
Stating
that Turkey is an example in support and development of private sector around
the world, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “As TOBB, we are always ready and will continue
to share our experiences with our brothers in this regard.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu
said that the volume of trade between Turkish-speaking countries should be
increased and one of the important issues in trade is the customs transitions.
Reporting
that they have a great amount of experience in renewing customs gates as TOBB, Hisarcıklıoğlu
said, “So far, we have renewed Turkey's 10 largest border crossings without spending
a single cent from the treasury.”
Hisarcıklıoğlu
added that the projects they carried out are pointed to as examples throughout the
world by the United Nations and they want to transfer their experiences to brother
countries.