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SRCIC Chairman Lu Jianzhong meeting with Çalık Holding Group Chairman Ahmet Çalık
17 Jul 2018

 

 SRCIC Chairman Lu Jianzhong (L) and Çalık Holding Group Chairman Ahmet Çalık (R)

 

On 17 July 2018, Mr. Lu Jianzhong, Chairman of Silk Road Chamber of International Commerce (SRCIC) and President of Tang West Market Group, and Mr. Ahmet Çalık, Chairman of Çalık Holding Group had a friendly meeting in Shanghai. Both sides expressed the willingness on stepping up collaboration in areas including finance, logistics and culture.

 

 

Mr. Lu introduced the development of Tang West Market Group and SRCIC to Mr. Ahmet Çalık and cordially invited him to attend 2018 Silk Road Business Summit in Zhangjiajie City this October.

 

Mr. Ahmet Çalık said that China and Turkey had connected by the Silk Road for centuries, from camel caravan to China Railway Express. The development of the Silk Road transportation greatly shortened the shipping time and enhanced the two countries' cooperation. Mr. Çalık further expressed, “Xi’an is the starting point of ancient Silk Road. I hope to visit Xi’an and the SRCIC Secretariat in the future, and sincerely invite SRCIC to visit the headquarters of Çalık Holding Group in Istanbul.

 

SRCIC Vice Chairman and Secretary General Li Zhonghang, Tang West Market Group Vice President Zhang Lin, SRCIC Deputy Secretary General Diane Bian, Tian Xiaohong, and Huang Dahai were also present at the meeting.

 

BACKGROUND INFO

Founded by Ahmet Çalık, Çalık Holding Group has been operating in energy, construction, mining, textile, finance, and telecom sectors in 22 countries across Central Asia, Balkans and Middle East and North Africa (MENA) regions since the 1980s.

 

On 2 May 2018, SRCIC delegation led by Chairman Lu Jianzhong attended the Great Silk Road-Towards New Developments Forum and the launching ceremony of Turkmenbashi International Seaport in Turkmenistan, at the invitation of Turkmenistan Foreign Ministry and Çalık Holding Group. The Turkmenbashi International Seaport was built by subsidiary of Çalık Holding Group.

 

Reference links:

SRCIC Delegation attends the Great Silk Road - Towards New Developments Forum in Turkmenistan

http://www.srcic.com/news/srcic-delegation-attend-great-silk-road-towards-new-development-forum