The 4th Türkiye-China Communication Forum, organized underneath the theme of “The 10th Year of the Belt and Road Initiative,” occurred at CVK Park Bosphorus Hotel on Wednesday, highlighting the momentum in relations between the 2 nations.
Organized collectively by Turkuvaz Media Group, China Today journal and China International Communications Group, and underneath the sponsorship of nationwide flag service Turkish Airlines (THY), the discussion board noticed the participation of high-state officers and business representatives.
Speaking on the opening of the discussion board, Çağatay Özden, the pinnacle of the Asia and Pacific Department of the Ministry of Trade, mentioned, “Turkish-Chinese relations have gained significant momentum, especially in recent years, since they were elevated to the level of ‘strategic cooperation’ in 2010.”
“In 2015, China and Türkiye signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the Harmonization of the ‘Belt and Road’ and ‘Middle Corridor’ Initiatives,” he mentioned, mentioning that cooperation between the 2 nations has developed in varied fields, together with economics, commerce, tradition, training, tourism and joint transportation tasks.
He identified that the purpose is to extend the commerce quantity between the 2 nations, which reached $44.6 billion in 2022, to $47 billion by the top of this yr.
Gao Anming, the deputy president of the China International Communications Group (CICG), famous that humanity is at the moment grappling with challenges reminiscent of world peace and local weather change.
“In this regard, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is a significant endeavor to achieve a shared destiny among peoples. The BRI aims to preserve comprehensive global cooperation,” Anming mentioned in his opening remarks.
Liu Shaobin, the ambassador of the People’s Republic of China to Ankara, talked about that this yr marks the tenth anniversary of the Belt and Road Initiative, and over the previous decade, the challenge has advanced from an summary idea to an in depth dimension.
He emphasised the significance of the challenge, saying: “It has now become a subject of appreciation, a public good and an international cooperation topic. Significant achievements have been made. Notably, China is now signing Belt and Road cooperation documents with over 150 countries and more than 30 international organizations.”
Shaobin additional highlighted their collaborative efforts in constructing a path to growth collectively and creating the groundwork for over 3,000 cooperation tasks throughout the initiative.
Serdar Çam, the deputy minister of tourism and tradition, recalled that the Belt and Road challenge started in Kazakhstan in 2013, underscoring it emerged “as the result of efforts to reestablish global trade routes in a modern way and reconnect the system based on the historical Silk Road, the Industrial Revolution, geographical discoveries and technological developments.”
Çam defined that Türkiye has made vital efforts with tasks like Marmaray and the Baku-Tbilisi-Kars Railway challenge.
Referring to the start of the march of civilization from the West to the East and Türkiye’s geopolitical place, Çam mentioned: “We are trying to develop our relations with all states on the line of equality and sincerity. While tourism is developing rapidly, we are pleased that tourist guests from China have reached a culturally focused tourism potential. We strive to introduce the riches of Türkiye’s geography to the world as much as possible.”
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