Border Trade Centers To Start To Work Within A Month

ANKARA - Border trade centers which aim to increase Turkey's trade with neighbor countries and develop Eastern and Southeastern Anatolia regions will start to work within a month.
Customs Undersecretary Nevzat Saygilioglu told the A.A correspondent on Monday that border trade centers which were decided to be set up in 13 provinces by the Council of Ministers would first start to work on the border with Iran.
Stating that meetings on the issue were held with Iran and consensus was reached on the issue, Saygilioglu said that Sarisu trade center, Kapikoy trade center in eastern Van province and Esendere border trade center in southeastern Hakkari province would serve.
Saygilioglu said that Turkish and Iranian tradesmen would sell goods in shopping centers which would be set up in Sarisu, Esendere and Kapikoy.
(EÖ-AY) 20.10.2003