World Economic Forum to host summit in Istanbul

World Economic Forum to host summit in Istanbul

WEF’s Istanbul summit will bring together more than 1,000 people from the political, business, civil society and media sectors.

Turkish Minister for European Union (EU) Affairs and Chief Negotiator Egemen Bagis said Saturday that the World Economic Forum (WEF) would host a summit on Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia in Istanbul between June 4 and 6.

Speaking to reporters in Davos, Bagis said that Istanbul was a bridge connecting the East with West and the North with South.

WEF’s Istanbul summit will bring together more than 1,000 people from the political, business, civil society and media sectors.

Participants in the Istanbul summit will discuss economic growth and humanitarian development.

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