DUSHANBE, December 24, 2008, Asia-Plus  -- State and prospects of further expansion of economic cooperation between Tajikistan and Turkey were discussed at a meeting of Chairman of Tajikistan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI), Sharif Said, and Turkish Ambassador to Tajikistan, Akif Aykhan, on December 23, according to the CCI press service.   

In the course of the talks, the two discussed priorities of Tajikistan’s economy and exchanged views on ways to expand bilateral economic cooperation between the two countries.   

Mr. Aykhan noted that his country was interested in investing in different branches of Tajikistan’s industry and launching joint ventures here.  According to him, increase in the number of flights between the two countries would promote further development of business relations between Turkey and Tajikistan.  

For his part, Mr. Said proposed to hold an exhibition of Turkish goods and a conference of businesspeople of the two countries in Dushanbe in 2009.  He added that Turkey had good experience in creating free economic zones (FEZs) and asked to conduct training seminars for Tajik specialists on this subject and organize training of Tajik specialists in Turkey, the press service said.