Turkish Labor And Social Security Minister Basesgioglu Meets With His Chinese Counterpart Zheng

BEIJING - Turkish Labor and Social Security Minister Murat Basesgioglu who is currently in Beijing to attend the Chinese Employment Forum met with his Chinese counterpart Silin Zheng on Friday.
Speaking at the meeting, Zheng said that they wanted to benefit from Turkey's experiences and asked Basesgioglu to give him a copy of Turkish Labor Law.
Basesgioglu said that although trade between Turkey and China developed rapidly, it was still not sufficient and that joint investments would benefit both sides. ''Let's revive the historical Silk Road,'' he said.
Recalling that friendship between Turkey and China had roots deep in history, Basesgioglu said they closely followed developments in China, particularly the economic model peculiar to China. ''We hope that this economic development would contribute to prosperity of Chinese people.''
Recalling that Turkish economy had recorded 7 and 5 percent growth respectively in last two years and there had been great recovery in macroeconomic figures, Basesgioglu said that it was impossible for a country which had a good economy not to be affected by impacts of globalization.
Upon questions of the Chinese Minister, Basesgioglu gave information on Turkish economy and said that Turkish economy had no more a fragile structure and was not seriously affected by factors like Iraq crisis and terrorism.
Meanwhile, Chinese Labor and Social Security Minister Silin Zheng said that they faced serious problems in employment as they had a crowded population.
Speaking to the A.A correspondent, Basesgioglu said that the Chinese Employment Forum was very productive in terms of both participation and issues.
Basesgioglu said that one of the two most important factors appeared in the forum was that also social and humanitarian dimensions of globalization in addition to its positive aspects were taken into consideration and the other one was that it was seen that globalization and technological developments increased unemployment almost in every country.
Basesgioglu will depart from China on Saturday.
(MS-AY) 30.04.2004