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Romania and Turkey aim at USD 10 bn worth of bilateral trade exchanges

The Romanian and Turkish Governments aim at a figure of ten billion dollars in trade exchanges over the next few years, as the maximum level reached was seven billion back in 2008 before the crisis onset, however, after a slump in 2009, it might be reached again this year, Ministers of Foreign Affairs Teodor Baconschi and Ahmet Davutoglu told a joint press conference within the Reunion of the Diplomacy, on Wednesday, August 31.

'Our economic relations are getting better each day and I hope we should reach the 10 billion dollars target for the trade exchanges in a short time. I would like to say that the number of Turkish companies operating in Romania reached the figure of 6,000,' Turkish Minister Davutoglu said.

Minister Baconschi stressed that Turkey is the fifth economic partner of Romania.

'We surpassed the 7 billion dollars representing annual trade exchanges before the crisis, we went down in 2009 but the trend goes towards a revival to the seven billion this year. We both pledged to have a major contribution to reaching a level of ten billion dollars representing trade exchanges between our countries,' said the Romanian Chief Diplomat, showing that apart from the current cooperation fields, some joint projects can be developed on other sectors such as the reform and the restoration of the health infrastructure, as Turkey has some state-of-the-art private hospitals.

'We intend to follow Turkey's experience in the field of tourism, as it annually hosts a number of tourists equal to half of its own population generating a revenue of 30 billion dollars,' Minister Baconschi stressed, showing that Romania is a pro-active supporter of Turkey joining the European Union, politically speaking.

Minister Davutoglu stressed in his turn that the relations between the two countries are 'at a perfect level' both politically and culturally and a strategic partnership statement is to be signed this autumn when President Basescu pays a visit to Turkey. He mentioned the Turkish-Tatar community as a linking element.

'I would like to express my gratitude to Romania for its democratic approach and multi-cultural understanding towards our fellow Turks,' Davutoglu said, adding that the Ankara Government intends to open cultural institutes in Bucharest and Constanta (south-eastern Romania).

Both officials said they also discussed about topics related to the issues in the West Balkans, the Middle East, Syria, Libya, Egypt. The two ministers signed a cooperation agreement between the diplomatic institutes of the two countries on this occasion, Agerpres informs.

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