Turkey - Bosnia Herzegovina J.E.C. Meeting Starts

-ATALAY: ''TRADE VOLUME BETWEEN TURKEY AND BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA WILL INCREASE TO 100 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS TILL END OF 2004''

ANKARA (AA) - Turkish State Minister Besir Atalay said on Tuesday, ''trade volume between Turkey and Bosnia Herzegovina will reach 100 million U.S. dollars till the end of the year.''
     Turkey-Bosnia Herzegovina Joint Economic Commission (JEC) second session meeting started in Ankara with participation of State Minister Atalay and Foreign Trade & Economic Relations Minister Dragan Doko of Bosnia Herzegovina.
     Speaking at the meeting, Atalay said, ''JEC meetings will make a valuable contribution to political, commercial and economic relations between our two countries.''
     Atalay stressed that Turkey had always supported sovereignty, territorial integrity and multi-ethnic structure of Bosnia Herzegovina.
     Recalling that the two countries would sign a JEC protocol and tourism cooperation agreement tomorrow (Wednesday), Atalay said that the agreement would facilitate investments by private sector.
     Meanwhile, Foreign Trade & Economic Relations Minister Doko of Bosnia Herzegovina said in his part, ''we have a good technology and capacity in weapons and defense industry. However, we cannot benefit from our capacity. So we want to cooperate with Turkey.''
     (UK-MS)
2004-11-23