{"id":44395,"date":"2011-09-28T09:44:26","date_gmt":"2011-09-28T06:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.turkishforum.com.tr\/en\/content\/?p=44395"},"modified":"2014-01-06T15:26:27","modified_gmt":"2014-01-06T13:26:27","slug":"turkey-uk-ink-info-partnership-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/2011\/09\/28\/turkey-uk-ink-info-partnership-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Turkey, UK ink info partnership agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ANKARA &#8211; Anatolia News Agency<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_44400\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-44400\" style=\"width: 414px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-44400\" title=\"turkey-uk-ink-info-partnership-agreement-2011-09-26_l\" src=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/turkey-uk-ink-info-partnership-agreement-2011-09-26_l.jpg\" alt=\"Turkey and the UK could cooperate in investing in third countries, the UK\u2019s Business Secretary Vince Cable told journalists in Ankara on Monday. REUTERS photo\" width=\"414\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/turkey-uk-ink-info-partnership-agreement-2011-09-26_l.jpg 414w, https:\/\/www.turkishnews.com\/en\/content\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/turkey-uk-ink-info-partnership-agreement-2011-09-26_l-300x217.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-44400\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Turkey and the UK could cooperate in investing in third countries, the UK\u2019s Business Secretary Vince Cable told journalists in Ankara on Monday. REUTERS photo<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Turkey and the United Kingdom signed Monday an information partnership agreement in a bid to create new opportunities and develop new commercial ties between the two countries.<\/p>\n<p>The agreement was signed between Turkish Economy Minister Zafer \u00c7aglayan and the U.K. Business Secretary Vince Cable, following a meeting between Turkish and British delegations in Ankara.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe information partnership agreement we signed today will create new opportunities and new commercial developments between Turkey and the U.K.,\u201d \u00c7aglayan said at the signing ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The target is to double the trade volume by 2015, he said. \u201cMore than 2,300 British firms have made investments worth $4.1 billion in Turkey while the number of Turkish firms investing in the United Kingdom has risen to 100.\u201d The minister said trade volume between the two countries had reached $12 billion in 2010 and continued to rise in 2011. Turkey\u2019s exports to the U.K. increased to $4.6 billion and imports totaled $3.4 billion in the period between January and July, \u00c7a\u011flayan said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnder the agreement, we will carry out several projects especially in energy and energy productivity [sectors]. Turkey is planning to make energy investments worth $120 billion in the next 10 years,\u201d \u00c7a\u011flayan said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c7a\u011flayan also said Turkey and the U.K. would work on Turkey\u2019s project to make Istanbul a regional finance center. \u201cWe want to benefit from the U.K.\u2019s experiences in this regard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cable said the U.K. considered Turkey a strategic partner. The U.K. wants to cooperate with Turkey especially in investing in third countries, he added.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANKARA &#8211; Anatolia News Agency Turkey and the United Kingdom signed Monday an information partnership agreement in a bid to create new opportunities and develop new commercial ties between the two countries. 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