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ASEAN, Turkey agree on prioritised cooperation areas

The second meeting of the ASEAN-Turkey Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee (AT-JSCC) was held at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 18, during which both sides agreed on prioritised cooperation areas in the future.
ASEAN, Turkey agree on prioritised cooperation areas ảnh 1Participants at the meeting (Source: asean.org)

Jakarta (VNA) – The second meeting of theASEAN-Turkey Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee (AT-JSCC) was held at theASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta, Indonesia on July 18, during which both sidesagreed on prioritised cooperation areas in the future.

At the event, Turkey lauded the important role of ASEAN topeace, stability and prosperity in the region as well as the association’sachievements in ASEAN Community building.

The Turkish side affirmed that the country highly valuespartnership with the association in both bilateral and multilateral aspects.

The country showed hope to work with ASEAN in promotingspecific projects to accelerate bilateral cooperation.

At the meeting, ASEAN and Turkey approved a list ofprioritised cooperation areas in the 2019-2023 period, focusing on trade,investment, tourism, connection, macro, small and medium-sized enterprisedevelopment, smart city network linking, IT, innovation, science-technology,education, training, climate change, natural disaster management and response,and anti-corruption.

Turkey announced that the country will spend 1 million USDimplementing collaboration projects and activities with ASEAN in the comingtime.

ASEAN and Turkey also agreed to soon conduct projectsproposed by Turkey in improving capacity for women, personnel training,business and investment promotion.

Turkey became a sectoral dialogue partner of ASEAN inAugust, 2017.-VNA
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