Danish firms and buyers’ curiosity in Türkiye has grown over time as they see extra alternatives to spice up commerce cooperation, particularly in areas resembling renewable vitality and the logistics sector, in line with the nation’s envoy in Ankara.
Ole Toft, Danish ambassador to Ankara, informed Anadolu Agency (AA) that commerce between Türkiye and Denmark has “definitely room to grow.”
Toft acknowledged that Danish corporations see alternatives with Turkish corporations, significantly in Africa, evaluating cooperation prospects within the engineering, procurement and building sectors.
“I could also easily see Danish and Turkish companies working together when we start rebuilding and reconstructing Ukraine after the war, hopefully when it’s over, and also when we start, hopefully, very soon, the rebuilding and reconstruction of Syria,” he famous, including that Danish and Turkish corporations cooperating in Central Asia, the place the latter has a powerful presence, may also contribute.
Toft emphasised that Türkiye has among the “biggest and best construction companies in the world,” whereas Denmark doesn’t have them any longer, however it has “big companies working all over the world in different areas, and they are interested in building in these countries.”
Toft acknowledged that Türkiye’s different sectors, resembling renewable vitality, additionally caught the eye of Denmark because of the Turkish authorities’s “ambitious energy policy plan that will reform the energy mix.”
“You will move from fossil fuels and coal to a system much more based on natural gas and renewables. Denmark has big companies in the renewable sector, and they would be interested in working, investing and selling here in Türkiye,” he mentioned.
He famous that Danish firms working in each onshore wind and photo voltaic vitality initiatives in Türkiye are transferring towards creating offshore wind vitality.
Toft added that transportation and logistics are additionally among the many sectors during which Danish firms search to cooperate with Türkiye because of the nation’s standing as a transportation hub and its significance within the Middle Corridor transport route mission.
He famous that Danish massive transport corporations DSV, Maersk and DFDS have proven nice curiosity in Türkiye.
“All these companies see Türkiye as a very interesting market because they can see that you are becoming a transport hub connecting Europe to the Middle East and Europe to Central Asia and eventually to China, also through a project called the Middle Corridor,” he mentioned.
Toft acknowledged that relations between the EU and Türkiye should be strengthened.
“When we look at the world now with all these upheavals and globalization being questioned and more protectionism in many markets, I think the EU and Türkiye have to move closer together,” he famous.
Toft praised the Turkish protection business for its growth. “You are a leading country in the development of drones that are of such great importance now – that’s quite impressive,” he mentioned.
He added that Türkiye is “creating peace in many countries … in Syria, the Caucasus, and Africa.”
Source: www.dailysabah.com