IZMIR - The Italian ambassador in Ankara said on Tuesday that Turkish province of Izmir and Italian city of Milan, which recently competed with each other to host EXPO 2015, should develop joint projects for the upcoming event.
Ambassador Carlo Marsili held talks with Izmir Mayor Aziz Kocaoglu on Tuesday.
Recalling Milan`s victory to host EXPO 2015, Marsili said that the mayors of Izmir and Milan should hold talks and the two cities should develop joint projects for the event.
"One city won the competition, however, both cities should benefit from EXPO 2015," Marsili said.
Marsili said that Italy`s trade with the Aegean region and Izmir constituted nearly one-fifth of the 20 billion USD trade volume between Turkey and Italy.
He also said a major part of the 600 Italian companies currently operating in Turkey carried out activities in the Aegean region.
(DO-MS)