Delegation from Azerbaijan attended the "Turkey-World Trade Bridge 2010"

Azerbaijan's delegation at the event is led by minister of economic development Shahin Mustafayev.

The event, co-organized by the Turkish Foreign Trade Undersecretariat and the Turkish Businessmen`s and Industrialists` Confederation, brings together over 2,200 foreign businessmen from 135 countries.

Turkey`s State Minister for foreign trade Zafer Caglayan addressed the event, saying Turkey`s geostrategic position and its historical and political ties with Europe made the country a bridge between the East and the West.

Caglayan said promotion of free trade, economic and industrial cooperation and boosting investment relations were "the best recipe" to tackle the fallout from the global economic recession. The Turkish minister also said extra funds must be raised to support international trade with an eye to ensure economic growth again.


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