Turkey and Poland have the potential to be the tigers of the global economy, according to Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who gave a speech at the Turkey-Poland Business Forum in Istanbul on Thursday.
The Polish prime minister said: “However the EU’s attitude is, in Poland’s foreign strategy, Turkey’s entrance to the EU was a fixed item.” He added that he was not saying this just out of courtesy, but because they thought Turkey’s participation in the union would be for the best interest of all the members. He also said he hoped during Poland’s presidency term in the future the negotiations for membership would accelerate.
The business forum was organized by the Foreign Economic Relations Board, or DEİK.
Tusk said the friendship between the two countries had deep roots and sound foundations, calling it an exemplary case in terms of international affairs.
He said a great many giant economies’ prestige had been severely wounded during the economic recession, whereas Turkey and Poland both came out fo the period clean, which he found particularly noteworthy.
Tusk said Poland was set to continue its growth trend and is planning significant investment expenditures in the coming term.
“The investment opportunities in Poland will definitely attract entrepreneurs,” he said.
Tusk concluded his speech by mentioning the Turkey-EU visa issue. He promised that Poland would do all they could to remove visa obstacle and would put pressure on the EU about this. He said Poland had already agreed with the idea that the union should ease the visa regime with its neighbors and was a leading figure in working to make that happen.
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