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Afghan Private Sector Delegates in General Assembly of ECO CCI in Turkey
Following the official invitation of the Union
of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) and
President of ECO Chamber of Commerce (ECO CCI) a delegation
headed by CEO of Afghanistan Chamber of Commerce and Industries
(ACCI) had the official visit to Turkey to attend the 10th
General Assembly and 13th Executive Committee
Meetings of ECO Chamber of Commerce and Industry as well as in the expert committees including Transit, Industrial and
Investment Committees and Women Entrepreneurs Council of ECO
CCI, 23-24 December, 2009.
According to the report of ACCI Public
Relations, in the expert meetings of ECO CCI, different issues
such as implementation of ECO Trade and Transit Framework
Agreement (TTFA), development of TIR system between member
countries, facilitating transit and transportation in the
region, as well as the plan of activities of ECO CCI Women
Entrepreneur Council for 2010 and areas of joint venture were
explored and discussed.
According to this report, at the 13th Executive
Committee Meetings of ECO CCI, officials of member Chambers and
ECO CCI Secretariat approved the discussed issues. |
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The 13th Executive Committee Meetings of ECO CCI were
held with the attendance of Presidents, Vice-presidents and
representatives of Turkey,
Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan,
Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan Chambers
of Commerce.
CEO of ACCI, "Mohammad Qurban Haqjo" pointed to the
10 years activities done by ECO CCI and its importance on
development of regional cooperation, and emphasized on
implementation of ECOTA and TTFA Agreements and holding ECO Business
Forum on the sidelines of the Annual Meeting of ECO Economic and
Commerce Ministers.
CEO of
ACCI also called on simplification of customs, facilitating visa
issuance for economic activists in the region and taking in to
account the effective banking collaboration, noting that banking
problem is one of the barriers for expansion of regional
transactions. CEO of ACCI also emphasized on facilitating trade,
attracting investments, addressing jointly the challenges, better
utilizing of opportunities, bringing long term trust and
sustainability and prosperity in the region, to make capacity
development program jointly, to prioritize the sectors for
investments and pay serious attention to mining, agriculture,
transportation and logistics.
Constitution and framework of activities of ECO Women Entrepreneur
Council were also approved in this meeting.
CEO of ACCI visited President and Members
of Istanbul
Chamber of Industry
CEO of ACCI also had a meeting with President,
Board members and Board of representatives of Istanbul Chamber of
Industry. Multilateral cooperation of the member chambers was
emphasized.
The two sides also discussed regarding
enhancement of joint manufacturing to meet the needs of their
markets.
Transportation Executive Committee Meeting
Transportation Executive Committee Meeting of ECO was held
with the presence of representatives from Turkey, Afghanistan,
Iran, Pakistan,
Azerbaijan,
Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan Chambers of Commerce
and the representative of ECO Secretariat in Istanbul.
Head of Transportation Executive Committee of ECO pointed to
the importance of TTFA Agreement in this meeting.
CEO of ACCI on behalf of the private sector of Afghanistan, "Mohammd Qurban Haqjo" also stated
that Afghanistan’s suggestion is making
effort to achieve ECO long-term objectives and using
appropriate transit routes for solving ECO transportation
problems.
First Industrial and Investment Expert Committee Meeting of
ECO CCI
The first
Industrial and Investment Expert Committee Meeting of ECO
CCI was held with the attendance of representatives from the
mentioned Chambers of Commerce and the representative of ECO
Secretariat.
Head of Expert Industrial and Investment Committee of ECO
emphasized on the importance of investment for achieving
stable development and said we should utilize Turkey's experiences regarding
development of industrial sector.
He also emphasized on accelerating implementation of ECOTA
agreement.
CEO of ACCI also expressed his concerns
regarding improvement of investment and development of
industry through joint cooperation and collaborations.
It should be mentioned that encouraging ECO CCI member
countries for accelerating implementation of APPI Agreement,
compiling plans for exchanging experiences of member
countries with the support of ECO regarding industrial
regions and free trade zones, establishment of technological
developing centers, privatization, and promotion of SMEs and
improvement of investment with the cooperation of private
sector were discussed in this meeting.
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