Automotive Exports December 2019

Turkey, Kuwait to boost
cooperation in industry, tech
Turkey and Kuwait agreed to enhance
bilateral ties in industry and technology
sectors.
The agreement came in a meeting
between Turkish Industry and
Technology Minister Mustafa Varank
and his Kuwaiti counterpart Khaled
Nasser al-Roudan in Turkey’s capital
Ankara.
“We aim to enhance our cooperation
in fields of economy, industry
and technology as well as mutual
investments on the 55th anniversary of
our relations,” Varank said.
The minister said Turkish teams
are carrying out discussions related
to industry regions Kuwait plans
to establish, noting that bilateral
cooperation there would yield very
positive results.
He underscored Turkey’s significance in
the region with its humanitarian foreign
policy that contributes to stability in the
region as well as its efforts to resolve
the crisis in Yemen, to mend the rift
in the Gulf Cooperation Council and
support the Palestinian cause.
Varank stressed that Turkey adopted
a new policy of production that
encourages investments and can share
its experience in the industry field with
Kuwait.
Al-Roudan hailed the “distinguished
relations between Turkey and Kuwait
on all levels,” citing that Turkey has the
second largest investments in Kuwait of
any country in the world.
The Kuwaiti private sector is “the
largest in the Middle East that invests
in Turkey,” which reflects “trust” on
the level of officials and private sector,
he said. Al-Roudan pointed out that
Turkish companies operating in Kuwait
are performing “impressive” jobs on
vital projects, citing Turkish companies’
work in the construction of Terminal 2
at the international Kuwait Airport.
Kuwait can benefit from Turkey’s
experience in the industry sector which
is proven by the strength of Turkish
products, he added.
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