ANKARA (AA) - ''A new Joint Economic Commission (JEC) protocol between Turkey and Tajikistan will contribute to improvement of bilateral trade volume,'' Turkish State Minister Mehmet Aydin said on Wednesday.
Turkish State Minister Mehmet Aydin and Economy & Trade Minister Hakim Soliev of Tajikistan signed the final protocol of Turkish-Tajikistan JEC meeting.
At the signing ceremony, Aydin gave information about some important issues included in the protocol. ''Signing partnership and cooperation agreement has primary importance. The target is to gather all economic and commercial issues.''
Aydin said they also decided to sign bilateral protocols to improve tourism, and noted that, ''trade volume between our two countries should be increased by taking every precaution.''
Turkish-Tajik Business Council will convene regularly, Aydin stressed, noting that ''we also decided to increase activities of the small and medium scale enterprises. There is an important cooperation potential between the two countries in food, textile, ready-wear and leather.''
Soliev in his part said current commercial relations between Turkey and Tajikistan was not in satisfactory level, noting that, ''our legal regulations offer all facilities for cooperation. We can increase our relations.''
Stating that joint efforts could be exerted by the private sectors particularly in areas of leather and wool, Soliev said, ''we also want to make use of Turkey's experiences about free zones. We need this.''
(AY-MS)
2004-11-24