ANKARA - Turkey-Czech Republic Joint Economic Commission (JEC) Third Term Meeting Protocol was signed.
Issuing a statement on Thursday, the Foreign Trade Undersecretariat recalled that State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullatif Sener headed Turkish delegation and Industry and Trade Minister Milan Urban headed Czech Republic delegation at the Turkey-Czech Republic JEC Third Term Meeting in Prague between April 5-8.
Noting that Sener was received by Czech Republic's Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla during his stay in Prague, it said that Sener also had a meeting with Czech Republic's Transportation Minister Milan Simonovsky.
Latest situation of bilateral trade was reviewed and measures to increase bilateral trade and joint investments were discussed during meeting between Turkish and Czech delegations, it said and added that opportunities of cooperation in fields of agriculture, energy, industry, tourism, environment, privatization, joint investments and contracting services in addition to free zones, standardization and banking and loan relations were discussed.
Stressing that there had been a significant increase in commercial relations between Turkey and Czech Republic especially in recent period, it said that the trade volume which increased 90 percent to 447 million U.S. dollars in 2002 reached 633 million U.S. dollars in 2003.
Noting that a protocol including matters on which the two delegations reached agreement was signed at the end of their meetings, it added that also the Turkish-Czech Business Council convened in Prague during Sener's visit.
(MS-AÖ) 08.04.2004