PM Dancila says Turkish businessmen and those from Gulf countries are interested in investing in Romania

"I recently concluded the visit to Turkey, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait, states where I carried out high-level political-diplomatic meetings, as well as meetings with businessmen associations. It was a mission predominantly economic, which I returned from with concrete results, beneficial long-term results for Romania. Turkish businessmen and those from the Gulf countries are interested in investing in Romania in infrastructure, healthcare and in developing large-scale public-private partnership projects," Viorica Dancila stated in the beginning of the Gov't sitting. 

The PM mentioned that she carried out a very close discussion with the President of the Republic of Turkey. 

"Mr Erdogan assured me that Turkish investors are interested in building a regional hospital in Constanta equipped with 1,000 beds, as well as in increasing the volume of trade exchanges, from 7 billion US dollars to 10 billion US dollars," Dancila stated. 

She mentioned that in the United Arab Emirates there was a huge interest for public-private partnership projects, but also for investments. 

"A company from the United Arab Emirates wants to invest over 100 million US dollars in logistic and industrial parks in Curtici, Aiud, Craiova, Constanta, Bucharest and Prahova County. There is also a great interest for the construction of the Bucharest Port on the Danube-Bucharest Canal. Taking into account this potential, that can be developed on the long term, we have agreed to create an economic strategic partnership between the Government of Romania and the Government of the United Arab Emirates, a narrower and more active cooperation framework at governmental level," Dancila explained. 

The PM mentioned having seen in Kuwait the same interest in Romania, showed by the local investors. 

"A first concrete result is the prospect of collaborating with the 'Ana Aslan' Institute," Dancila stated. 

The PM concluded that her visit to Turkey and the Gulf countries confirmed, once again, that Romania "is an attractive destination for the business milieu in view of developing some large-scale projects in areas where our country has potential for growth, both economically and socially."

Agerpres