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Sat, 04/16/2011 - 15:36
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Iran, Turkey to Build Industrial Town at Joint Borders
TEHRAN, April 16 (FNA)- Ankara's Ambassador to Tehran Umit Yardim announced on Saturday that Iran and Turkey plan to build an industrial town at the two countries' joint borders.
"We are trying to build an Iran-Turkey joint industrial town by the end of the current year," Yardim said in a meeting with the governor of Iran's West Azarbaijan province in Orumiyeh today.
During the meeting, he also referred to the strong economic relations between Tehran and Ankara, and said, "We have witnessed 13 to 14 billion dollars worth in exchanges between Iran and Turkey in the last three months, which shows that the two countries are attempting to increase the volume of their trade exchanges."
Yardin underlined the Iranian and Turkish officials' resolve to increase the volume of the annual trade exchanges to $30bln, but meantime reminded that achieving this goal requires strong and precise planning by both sides.
Iran and Turkey have in recent years increased their cooperation in all the various fields of economy, security, trade, education, energy and culture.
The two sides have exchanged several politico-economic delegations during the last few months.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul in a meeting with Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani in February underlined the need for the removal of obstacles to the further expansion of bilateral economic ties with Iran in a bid to boost trade cooperation between the two countries.
"The level of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries does not suit the age-old ties of the two nations and we should remove the obstacles to the development of mutual cooperation between Iran and Turkey," Gul said at the time.
"We are trying to build an Iran-Turkey joint industrial town by the end of the current year," Yardim said in a meeting with the governor of Iran's West Azarbaijan province in Orumiyeh today.
During the meeting, he also referred to the strong economic relations between Tehran and Ankara, and said, "We have witnessed 13 to 14 billion dollars worth in exchanges between Iran and Turkey in the last three months, which shows that the two countries are attempting to increase the volume of their trade exchanges."
Yardin underlined the Iranian and Turkish officials' resolve to increase the volume of the annual trade exchanges to $30bln, but meantime reminded that achieving this goal requires strong and precise planning by both sides.
Iran and Turkey have in recent years increased their cooperation in all the various fields of economy, security, trade, education, energy and culture.
The two sides have exchanged several politico-economic delegations during the last few months.
Turkish President Abdullah Gul in a meeting with Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani in February underlined the need for the removal of obstacles to the further expansion of bilateral economic ties with Iran in a bid to boost trade cooperation between the two countries.
"The level of economic and trade cooperation between the two countries does not suit the age-old ties of the two nations and we should remove the obstacles to the development of mutual cooperation between Iran and Turkey," Gul said at the time.
