ANKARA (A.A) – Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Sunday that Turkey was now a country which shaped the agenda, not an ordinary country. Speaking at his Justice & Development (AK) Party congress in Ankara, Erdogan said that during his party’s rule, national income per capita reached 10,000 USD in the end of 2008, and export rate reached 132 billion USD in 2008.
He added that inflation rate dropped to 5.7 percent from 30 percent after his party came into rule.
Recalling that Nabucco Project was signed in Ankara in the beginning of the week, Erdogan said that this was a huge step which showed the level Turkey reached.
Erdogan said that Turkey was not an ordinary country any more, adding that Turkey was now setting the agenda.
He said that Turkey was UN Security Council’s non-permanent member as well as it co-chaired Alliance of Civilizations.
He added that Istanbul would host IMF meeting on September 28. (GC)
Source: haber.turk.net, 19.07.2009