Members of Gagauz People’s Assembly sign cooperation agreement with Turkish MPs

The Gagauz and Turkish lawmakers signed a partnership agreement during a visit paid to Istanbul on January 23-27. The delegation of the People’s Assembly of Gagauzia was headed by the legislative body’s chairwoman Anna Harlamenko, Info-Prim Neo reports. The delegation had meetings with the President of Turkey Abdullah Gul, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Head of Parliament Cemil Cicek. In a news conference on January 30, Anna Harlamenko said they agreed to set up joint companies on the territory of Gagauzia so as to create workplaces and attract investments to agriculture. They also decided to organize an exhibition in Turkey to present the Moldovan products made in the autonomous region of Gagauzia. A Turkish commission will visit Gagauzia in March to analyze the economic situation and work out a long-term development program. Ana Harlamenko also said that she invited the Turkish Premier to Moldova and the official accepted the invitation. He is expected to pay a visit in May-June. The visit of the Gagauz delegation to Turkey took place under the patronage of the Embassy of Turkey in Moldova.