Türkiye‘s overseas minister on Monday inaugurated the Montenegro Turkish Chamber of Commerce within the capital Podgorica.
“Türkiye has one of many 5 largest diplomatic networks on the earth with 260 representations. In a really quick time we’ll increase this quantity even greater,” mentioned Hakan Fidan on the opening ceremony.
“As a matter of fact, the total of investments with Turkish capital has reached €344 million ($375.20 million),” added Fidan, who’s presently on a two-day official go to to Montenegro for a Southeast European Cooperation Process (SEECP) summit.
“We are in the top ranks in Montenegro in terms of foreign direct investments. With the expansion of the scope of our free trade agreement, our bilateral trade volume last year topped $200 million. We anticipate reaching our trade volume target of $250 million, set by our traders, by the end of this year. But I know that this figure will not be enough for our presidents.”
Fidan inspired businesspeople from each nations to focus in areas akin to power, tourism, infrastructure, training, well being, agriculture, forestry, communications, and knowledge expertise.
The Montenegro-Turkish Chamber of Commerce beginning its work will strengthen bilateral commerce and funding relations between the 2 nations, he mentioned.
“The opening of the Turkish Chamber of Commerce is proof, even a crown, of our mutual political and fraternal relations,” mentioned Dritan Abazovic, Montenegro’s prime minister.
Abazovic pressured that Turkish firms are at all times welcome in Montenegro and can at all times discover a place for themselves in giant infrastructure, power, and tourism tasks.
“Although Montenegro is a small nation as a chunk of land, it gives nice alternatives,” mentioned Abazovic.
Many Turkish and Montenegrin businesspeople attended the opening of the chamber.
Fidan later met with Montenegrin Deputy Prime Minister and Bosniak Party Chair Ervin Ibrahimovic.
Source: www.anews.com.tr
