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    Anadolu Agency, Turkey
    May 21 2010

    Turkish minister sees a "new page" in relations between Turkey, USA


    Washington, DC, 21 May: The Turkish state minister for foreign trade,
    Zafer Caglayan, said on Friday [21 May] that Turkey and the United
    States opened a new page in relations.

    Caglayan, currently on a visit to Washington, DC, said his visit
    achieved its goals, "We have a timetable now and we drew a road map
    with that timetable. We did not have road map before."

    Caglayan, who met with the executives of the leading US companies and
    finance institutions, said the executives told him that Turkey would
    be a very important power in its region.

    "The executives of US companies said eight of every 10 refrigerators
    used in houses in Britain were manufactured in Turkey. Investment
    opportunities in Turkey should be explained well to the other
    countries. We should very well explain labour-force costs and Turkey's
    logistic and geographical advantages to them," Caglayan said.

    Caglayan said he met with the executives of United Technologies
    company and the company expressed eagerness to open maintenance and
    operation section in Turkey's Sabiha Gokcen Airport. He said the
    company also thought of making investment in manufacturing of
    helicopters.

    "The company wants to manufacture aircraft engines in Turkey. They
    also want to invest in Turkey to sell some models of Sikorsky
    helicopters to the whole region," he said.

    Caglayan said he also thanked the US companies for the support and
    lobbying activities they extended to Turkey during the Armenian
    resolution.

    Caglayan said, "When we were asked about Turkey's trade with Iran, we
    told them that it was more than the trade with the USA". He said
    Turkey would become peaceful transition corridor in case the deal in
    Tehran was put into effect.

    Caglayan said they also assessed the problems between the two
    countries, adding that actual process would start from now on.

    Responding to a question, Caglayan said Turkish Coalition of America
    (TCA) fulfilled important social responsibility project and within the
    scope of the project it sent Indians, minorities in the United States
    and children of Armenians to Turkey.

    Caglayan said TCA supported increase in investments in several fields,
    like mine, construction, infrastructure and education in places like
    Arizona, where Indians were overwhelmingly populated.

    Caglayan later left Washington, DC, for Turkey.
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