TURKEY, SYRIA SIGN AGREEMENTS TO DEEPEN BILATERAL TIES TOWARDS ECONOMIC INTEGRATION

Thursday, 24 December 2009

Prime Ministers of Turkey and Syria began official talks in Damascus yesterday which will,  as Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan said,’ give a significant momentum to bilateral trade’ through the signing of 51 official documents, with an eye to deepening bilateral ties and economic integration between the two countries. Erdogan further said, ‘ We can consider today’s meeting the first milestone on a long road. We can co-operate in such areas as transportation, the economy, commerce, security, local administrations, energy, water, environment, culture,education and urban transformation… The agreements must be implemented for the good of  future generations.’