Turkey’s Ambassador to Singapore evaluated the meeting with the ‘friendly country at a distance’
Mehmet Burçin Gonenli, Turkey’s Ambassador to Singapore, Turkey-Singapur relations and Turkey’s Asia Again initiativeHe evaluated the situation in an interview written by the AA correspondent.
Gönenli, who stated that “the country about everyone adopts to harbor hostility, is a friend at a distance” even though it is located approximately 9 thousand kilometers from Turkey, drew attention to the fact that “we are in Turkey” and make sure that it is considered.
Gonenen recalled the diplomatic objective between the two countries in 1969, and the strategic one in 2014, reminding the attention of Turkey’s Asian initiative announced in October and the bilateral similar appearance.
Noting that Turkey aims to deepen and consolidate the Asian continent with its ties with Asia Again, Gönenli said, “The Asia Again Initiative aims to redesign Turkey’s possible delivery of Asia and its adjustments accordingly in its multifaceted foreign policy.” made its assessment.
He stated that Turkey will be widely disseminated in the diplomatic Southeastern Anatolia Region in Asia.
“Singapore if it’s at the cost of our Re-Asia investment”
Gönenli, who is thought to be able to achieve Southeast Asia with the possibility of Turkey’s rebuilding and Turkey’s cooperation with Singapore, continued:
“It is one of Turkey’s goals in its Asian initiative, and with successful Asian countries and privates on multi-faceted platforms.
At the same time, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), which is central to its multi-faceted dynamics in this city, is among our value-added goals when we are two of them in our engagement with ASEAN.”
Gönenli said that the rapid digitalization in Turkey, the growth of e-commerce, the model of production, the transition to small size, SMEs, the breakthroughs shown in the sustainable and climate model, seem to be at a large scale with Singapore’s current firsts.
In addition to this, position Turkey’s centrally and in Singapore elsewhere in the world, it has expanded and deepened its cooperation, en Gönenli said, “However, this is possible to survive with all death, for more investment in Turkey, as well as for our entrepreneurs to be more in Singapore. They need to show more presence.” their uses.
Expressing that Singapore is one of Turkey’s possible strategic partners since 2014, Gönenli said that the Free Trade between the two countries () is also important in the fields of investment, participation in public tenders and e-commerce, as well as goods and services. Provided information about services.
In Gonenli, the trade volume, which will be 643 million dollars in 2020, will consist of 1,285, 100% of which will be a part of a target reached with a little bit compared to the total trades available in the 2 countries. quality.”
Noting that Turkey’s million-dollar wealth to Singapore is 890 dollars in 2021, Gönenli stated that Turkey’s imports from Singapore amounted to 395 million dollars in the same year.
Gönenli, Turkey’s Embassy in Singapore, Commercial Counselor Presidency Investment Office Representative, President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and his ministry and ministry, Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, instructed to develop investments made to everyone between the 2 countries, to reach very high heights and to develop new new Aid with added value. He emphasized to raise everything for Turkish and Singaporean growers.
Cooperation in infrastructure, food security, defense industry
Gonen, make sure that Asia will be economical.
Expressing that the choice in the construction and infrastructure of Southeast Asia is a possibility worth examining within the scope of Turkish construction projects that have a global brand, Gönenli said that a total of 32 billion dollars will be given in 2002, according to the estimation of the Construction Authority.
The country of Gonen is expressed as a potential player for Turkey’s cuisine, for Turkey’s supply of the future, for living with lives and being world-wide with the use of FTA, growing agriculture is expressed in broader expressions to tell Singapore a valuable potential for possible . .
Pointing out that you believe there is a defense industry in potential cooperation for the two countries, Gönenli pointed out that it is in the first place in the Southeast Asian region, opposite Singapore, which plans to spend 12 dollars for the defense industry this year. .
Gönenli said, “For our industry, which has a chance in the world with the capacity and potential to develop itself in the field of combat, it can be one of the events in Singapore.” made its assessment.
“We have not met a tourist in Singapore who has not been to Turkey, who is not a fan”
Among the foundations of Turkish Air’s (TH) game of the week, Gonenen, which has two regions, preferring the preferred region, and the selection of “introducing Turkey to Singaporeans who will travel in Southeast Asia” drew the screening.
Ambassador Gonenli made the following statements:
“We have yet to come across a non-fan tourist in Singapore who has not been to Turkey. The world has not recovered from those affected by the Kovid-19 target. Our efforts will continue to exceed the 30 thousand Singaporean tourist figures captured in 2019 next year.”
A distant friend: Singapore
Relative to the information obtained from the Turkish Embassy in Singapore, Singapore, which is a city-state with an area of approximately 730 square kilometers and a population of 5.5 million in Southeast Asia, is in the top league in the world, with a gross product of approximately 365 billion dollars by 2021 and a per capita income of 60,000. taking.
The country, which has a trade volume of approximately 2.5 times its economy, is both an actor in the Southeast Asian region and a female oil actor.
Singapore also ranks first in the world in terms of economic advantage, competitiveness, job gain, zero points, digitization and education, as one of the ways to gain and gain an advantage in the economy.
Strong economic and commercial ties with China and India, as well as regions such as India, Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand and Australia, Singapore is considered a base by many countries and large companies to reach private public countries, in addition to the dynamic domestic market of high-income people. publisher.
Turkey-Singapuringapuringapuringapuringapuringapuringapuringapuringapuringapuringapuringapuringapuringapuringapuring’s first mission in the consulate of the Ottoman Empire dates back to 1865, when it was a British colony.
The first active duty Turkish Consul in Singapore began on 7 November, diplomatic relations between Turkey and Singapore continue to be positive in 1965 Established on 12 February 1969.
The Turkish Embassy in Singapore was established on 1 November 1985, and the Singapore Embassy in Turkey became operational in 2012, and the first Singaporean Ambassador residing in Ankara took office on 27 July 2015.
Singapore, which has embassies in only a few countries in the world, has an official “Enterprise Singapore” act, which will be held at the investment and trade embassy in detail, in addition to the embassy in Ankara, as well as the embassy of investment and trade in Istanbul. Enterprise Singapore continues to be assertive about Singapore’s vision of being oriented towards Turkey’s economic potential and transportation and trade in Europe, Asia and Africa.
In addition to the FTA, it can also establish basic economic relations between the two countries, such as Incentives for Investments and Prevention of Double Taxation.
Approximately 520 Turkish citizens residing in Singapore.
Known for having the most powerful passport in the world.
Seeing what AA correspondent knows, 75.9 percent Chinese, 15 percent Malays and 7.5 percent Indians Show in Singapore.
They say that they will travel without 192 trips, which will come to the fore with the country’s largest passports coming from Singapore recently.
Singapore, according to the Hen Passport Index 2022 First Quarter Report, is the largest passports, sharing the first place with Japan, while South Korean passports come second with 190 exam visa-free travel probability, while Finland, Italy, Luxembourg and their passports come with travel with 189 visa-free trips. .
On the other hand, political decision-making also came to the fore with Malay leader Halima Yakub, the first female executive from Singapore, represented by 3 main communities consisting of Malays and Indians, notably the great Chinese.
Yaqub, who was sworn in in 2017 as Singapore’s first Women’s Republic, became the first Malay leader in 47 years as a member of the Muslim Malay minority. Yakub also obtained the presidency of the first headscarved President when he came to office.
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