One month before the upcoming “Vienna Economic Talks – Meet Turkey in Vienna“ on 18-19 June 2012 in Vienna, Secretary General Amb. Dr. Elena Kirtcheva was pleased to welcome Ambassador Dr. Heidemaria Gürer, former Austrian Ambassador to Turkey and now Head of Department for Eastern Europe, Western Balkans, Southern Caucasus, Central Asia and Central European Initiative at the Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs of the Republic of Austria and Austrian Honorary Consuls in Turkey for a meeting in the premises of Vienna Economic Forum.
The Honorary Consuls of Antakya, Antalya, Bodrum, Edrine, Izmir and Samsun have engaged in supporting the further development of Austro-Turkish relations in any area and they were very interested to discuss possibilities of future cooperation with Vienna Economic Forum.
Dr. Josef Taus, first president of Vienna Economic Forum, informed about the wealth of experience of Management Trust Holding (MTH) and Mr. Ahmet Mesut Erosy, CEO DenizBank AG, informed about the official opening ceremony of a further branch of DenizBank in Baden, on 19 June 2012 at 6 p.m., following Vienna Economic Talks – Meet Turkey in Vienna“.
All participants of the meeting have underlined the importance of ever growing economic relations between Austria and Turkey.