President Halil Balık Attended the Türkiye–Egypt Chambers and Commodity Exchanges Cooperation Forum

With the participation of M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB), the Türkiye–Egypt Chambers and Commodity Exchanges Cooperation Forum, hosted by the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce, was held ahead of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's official visit to Egypt.

Halil Balık, Chairman of the Board of the Bartın Chamber of Commerce and Industry, also took part in the forum. The meeting, in which Egyptian Minister of Finance Ahmed Kouchouk participated online, was attended by Salih Mutlu Şen, Ambassador of the Republic of Türkiye to Cairo, Ahmed Al Wakil, President of the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce, and numerous business people from both countries.

At the meeting, while Türkiye–Egypt economic and commercial relations, investment and trade opportunities were discussed, the development of logistics connections such as Mersin–Alexandria and İskenderun–Damietta Ro-Ro services was also put on the agenda.

Within the scope of the forum, agreements aimed at strengthening cooperation in the industry, trade, agriculture, fisheries, tourism, logistics and construction sectors were signed between TOBB and the Federation of Egyptian Chambers of Commerce and the chambers and exchanges of the two countries.

Making remarks on the meeting, Bartın CCI President Halil Balık stated that the developing economic relations between Türkiye and Egypt offer significant opportunities in terms of regional trade, and said that they would closely follow the process so that the Bartın business community could receive a greater share of this cooperation.