(ECO) TURKEY WILL NEVER LEAVE NAKHICHEVAN ALONE, SAYS CAGLAYAN.NAKHICHEVAN, Oct 27, 2010 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Turkey's State Minister for foreign trade Zafer Caglayan said Wednesday that Turkey had never and would never leave Nakhichevan alone. Caglayan attended the Azerbaijan-Turkey-Nakhichevan Business Forum held in Nakhichevan, a landlocked enclave of Azerbaijan. Speaking at the meeting, Caglayan said that Turkey would support Nakhichevan's development. "However, size of our trade with Azerbaijan and Nakhichevan is very small. We must double or triple the size of our trade," Caglayan said. Pointing out the common history of Turkey and Azerbaijan, Caglayan urged businesspeople of the two countries to work and act together. "Once we achieve that, we will become two of the most powerful countries in our region," he said. Another speaker of the meeting, Vasif Talibov, Chairman of the Supreme Majlis of Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic, autonomous republic (1990 est. pop. 310,000), 2,124 sq mi (5,501 sq km), an exclave of Azerbaijan, bordered on the south by Iran and Turkey and on the north by Armenia, which separates Nakhichevan from the rest of Azerbaijan. , said that Nakhichevan has made a great leap forward Great Leap Forward, 1957–60, Chinese economic plan aimed at revitalizing all sectors of the economy. Initiated by Mao Zedong, the plan emphasized decentralized, labor-intensive industrialization, typified by the construction of thousands of backyard steel in recent years. "Turkish companies have important investments in Nakhichevan. Turkish students are going to universities here. I would like to invite Turkish businessmen to invest in Nakhichevan in all types of business. Our roots and kinship keep us together," Talibov said. (T-CE) (THROUGH ASIA PULSE) |
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