LONDON - State Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Abdullatif Sener said on Friday that they, as the government, which provided political stability and attributed importance to economic strategy, were ready to provide foreign investors with every convenience.
Sener gave significant information, concerning political and economic developments in Turkey, to Turkish and British business and finance circles in a seminar titled ''Bilateral Cooperation and New Perspectives'' held in London jointly by Turkish-British Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Foreign Economic Relations Board (DEIK).
Emphasizing that a new government was on charge in Turkey, Sener recalled that a capital worth of 1.2 trillion U.S. dollars was searching investment fields in the world. He said that the greatest target of the new government in Turkey was to implement a policy which could draw a part of this capital to Turkey.
Noting that Turkey was a secure country for investment, Sener said that the ruling party which had an important majority in Parliament made this situation more clear. He added that there was a strong political power and stability in Turkey at the moment and it was the most important sign that economic stability would be provided at the same time.
Stressing that problems on policy which the country had in the recent years left behind, Sener said, ''Turkey will have political stability in the following four years.''
Sener noted that Turkey was a big market with its gross national product worth of 180 million U.S. dollars and with a population of 70 million, and said that investors could find very important opportunities in Turkey with its qualified labor and democratic and secular structure.
Stating that the government was exerting great efforts to improve investment possibilities of foreign businessmen, he said that the government would continue exerting efforts on the issue.
Sener said that Turkey still had some problems on economy and added that but it was determined to overcome those problems.
Stating that they aimed at an inflation rate of 20 percent in 2003 year budget, Sener said that they would try to decrease this rate in the coming period.
Sener added that they also aimed to reach a 5 percent of growth.
(GC-EÖ-UK) 14.03.2003