ISTANBUL – Tehran Mayor Mohammad-Baqer Qalibaf and Istanbul Mayor Kadir Topbas discussed ways to expand mutual ties in Istanbul on Friday, IRNA reported.
Calling Tehran a “modern city rapidly changing”, Topbas said “one should congratulate Tehran mayor for his activities because Tehran has over recent years been turned into a modern city and is changing further day by day.”
He said he believed Iran and Turkey share common feelings, which have guaranteed closer ties.
Qalibaf also described as “helpful” proximity and cooperation between Tehran and Istanbul municipalities, saying it would benefit both Iranian and Turkish nations.
Addressing a group of Iranian and Turk traders and investors, Qalibaf said construction, transportation, and garbage recycling are the areas in which the investors can invest in Tehran.
He said expansion of economic and cultural relations among nations would provide good backing for expansion of bilateral political relations.
He added that Turk entrepreneurs can invest their capital in such projects as hotel, international fairground, funfair, chain store and public transportation building and renovation fields.
He said any decision on commissioning of the projects will take maximum two months.
He invited Turk investors to pay an official three-day visit to Tehran to look into ways of investment there.
The Second Asian Mayors Forum, that was underway in Istanbul from March 31 to April 3, focuses on impacts of the global financial downturn on Asian cities.
The theme of the meeting is the “The Impact of Global Financial Crisis on Asian Cities and Solution Proposals.”
The meeting seeks to promote an Asian perspective on shared challenges and opportunities and stimulate ideas and discussions on networking among Asian cities as a step towards further regional integration in the interest of all citizens in Asia.
Kadir Topbas Mohammad Khodadadi, the director of Asian Mayors Forum (AMF), as well as 300 domestic and international participants participated in the Second Asian Mayors Forum (AMF) on behalf of 112 cities and institutions.
The Forum was the result of collaboration among the Asian Development Bank Institute, the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Colombo Municipal Council, Colombo Plan Secretariat, German Agency for Technical Cooperation (GTZ), Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Regional Urban Development Office South Asia of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), U.S.-Asia Environmental Partnership Program, and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)/United Nations Centre for Human Settlements (UNCHS) Urban Management Program.
via tehran times : Istanbul mayor: Tehran is a modern city.
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