(GEN) TURKISH PRESIDENT ADDRESSES TURKISH-CHINESE BUSINESS FORUM.BEIJING Beijing (bā-jĭng) or Peking (pē-kĭng, pā–), city (1994 est. urban pop. 6,093,300; 1994 est. total pop. 7,240,700), capital of the People's Republic of China. It is in central Hebei prov. , Jun 27, 2009 (TUR tur: see ibex. ) -- Turkish President Abdullah Gul gul n. A stylized octagonal motif in Oriental rugs. [Persian, rose; see julep.] participated on Friday in a Turkish-Chinese business forum in Beijing as part of his visit to China. Delivering a speech at the forum Gul said both Turkey and China were committed to development of relations between the two countries. "Although the two countries are far away in distance, the important thing is the political determination to improve bilateral bilateral /bi·lat·er·al/ (-lat´er-al) having two sides, or pertaining to both sides. bi·lat·er·al adj. 1. Having or formed of two sides; two-sided. 2. economic relations. And the Chinese state has shown that determination very clearly at the highest level," Gul told the business forum. Gul said, "Turkish and Chinese officials have constructed a highway with a legal and political groundwork for businesspeople to use." The Turkish president said Chinese direct investments in Turkey were far from being satisfactory with a total volume of only 60 million U.S. dollars. "That is just around the annual turnover of an average company in Turkey," Gul said. (MB-MS) (THROUGH ASIA Asia (ā`zhə), the world's largest continent, 17,139,000 sq mi (44,390,000 sq km), with about 3.3 billion people, nearly three fifths of the world's total population. PULSE) |
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