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Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
Nov 10 2006
TUSIAD establishes new union to expand business relations with
Armenia
[ 10 Nov. 2006 13:43 ]
The TÜSİAD-led Union of Black Sea and Caspian Confederation of
Enterprises (UBCCE) will hold its first general assembly on Nov. 27
to which executives from the Armenian Industrialists and
Businessmen's Association have been invited, APA reports quoting
Turkish Daily News.
The union was established with the aim of developing economic and
commercial relations among neighboring Black Sea and Caspian
countries.
TÜSİAD President Ömer Sabancı initiated the establishment
of the union with the aim of developing economic and commercial
relations among neighboring Black Sea and Caspian countries. A
decision was made at preparatory meetings in May and June of this
year to locate the headquarters of the 12-member UBCCE in Istanbul.
The union was formed with the participation of several TÜSİAD
counterparts from member countries. Armenia became a member of the
union with the Armenian Industrialists and Businessmen's Association.
The UBCCE general assembly will be held at Istanbul's Sail Halim
Paşa Yalısı on Nov. 27, at which Armenia will be
represented by Arsen Gazeryan, head of the Armenian Industrialists
and Businessmen's Association and also co-chairman of the
Turkish-Armenian Business Council.
TÜSİAD's Brussels representative, Bahadır
Kaleağası, said the UBCCE was formed after intensive
studies around the Black Sea and Caspian region. The preparatory
meetings of the confederation have been completed. Armenia is a
member of the union, and they have been invited, he said.
Turkish-Armenian Business Development Council deputy head Noyan Soyak
said TÜSİAD and the Turkish-Armenian Business Council had been
exchanging views since 2000. Gazeryan served as a bridge between the
business worlds of the two countries, both in his capacity as head of
the Armenian association and as co-chairman of the council, he noted,
adding that Gazeryan and TÜSİAD were in constant contact with
each other.
`Armenian businessmen are informed of every development in
TÜSİAD. When Sabancı was elected president, Armenian
businessmen congratulated him. We, as the council, also organize
meetings where Turkish and Armenian businesspeople come together,' he
said.
The meeting in November aims to develop Turkey's relations with its
neighbors, Soyak said.
`Armenia is invited within this context. We see this as the
continuation of previous meetings. In the upcoming meeting, the
launching of bilateral talks between the two countries may come up,'
he said.
Turkish business circles said nay commercial or economic cooperation
with Armenia doesn't serve the interests of Turkey and those
cooperating with Armenian businessmen are Jews and Armenians by
origin. /APA/
Nov 10 2006
TUSIAD establishes new union to expand business relations with
Armenia
[ 10 Nov. 2006 13:43 ]
The TÜSİAD-led Union of Black Sea and Caspian Confederation of
Enterprises (UBCCE) will hold its first general assembly on Nov. 27
to which executives from the Armenian Industrialists and
Businessmen's Association have been invited, APA reports quoting
Turkish Daily News.
The union was established with the aim of developing economic and
commercial relations among neighboring Black Sea and Caspian
countries.
TÜSİAD President Ömer Sabancı initiated the establishment
of the union with the aim of developing economic and commercial
relations among neighboring Black Sea and Caspian countries. A
decision was made at preparatory meetings in May and June of this
year to locate the headquarters of the 12-member UBCCE in Istanbul.
The union was formed with the participation of several TÜSİAD
counterparts from member countries. Armenia became a member of the
union with the Armenian Industrialists and Businessmen's Association.
The UBCCE general assembly will be held at Istanbul's Sail Halim
Paşa Yalısı on Nov. 27, at which Armenia will be
represented by Arsen Gazeryan, head of the Armenian Industrialists
and Businessmen's Association and also co-chairman of the
Turkish-Armenian Business Council.
TÜSİAD's Brussels representative, Bahadır
Kaleağası, said the UBCCE was formed after intensive
studies around the Black Sea and Caspian region. The preparatory
meetings of the confederation have been completed. Armenia is a
member of the union, and they have been invited, he said.
Turkish-Armenian Business Development Council deputy head Noyan Soyak
said TÜSİAD and the Turkish-Armenian Business Council had been
exchanging views since 2000. Gazeryan served as a bridge between the
business worlds of the two countries, both in his capacity as head of
the Armenian association and as co-chairman of the council, he noted,
adding that Gazeryan and TÜSİAD were in constant contact with
each other.
`Armenian businessmen are informed of every development in
TÜSİAD. When Sabancı was elected president, Armenian
businessmen congratulated him. We, as the council, also organize
meetings where Turkish and Armenian businesspeople come together,' he
said.
The meeting in November aims to develop Turkey's relations with its
neighbors, Soyak said.
`Armenia is invited within this context. We see this as the
continuation of previous meetings. In the upcoming meeting, the
launching of bilateral talks between the two countries may come up,'
he said.
Turkish business circles said nay commercial or economic cooperation
with Armenia doesn't serve the interests of Turkey and those
cooperating with Armenian businessmen are Jews and Armenians by
origin. /APA/