Transportation, Communications and Maritime Affairs Minister Binali Yıldırım has called for more cooperation in the Eurasian region, particularly in the realm of transport. “We will all lose if we see transport as a commerce. The transport of commodities is a tool for welfare,” he said, addressing the Eurasia summit organized by the Marmara Foundation in Istanbul.

“It is very important to use the Caucasian-Caspian corridor in a more efficient way. We have come together with our neighbors Azerbaijan and Georgia and we have come up with important tariff reductions. We either have to find a way or open a way,” said Yıldırım. Developing the infrastructure is critical for the development of countries, said the minister. “With roads come civilization; with roads you have welfare and brotherhood, not contention. These roads foster interaction between cultures.” Noting that the Eurasia summit had now become a brand in its own right, Yıldırım said Eurasia was not just a concept. “Eurasia has been at the heart of migration roads. It has been at the crossroads of cultural exchanges; it has had a strategic position not for clashes but for the meeting of civilizations,”
 

The deputy Speaker of Parliament Valeh Alesqerov states that the good relations between Azerbaijan and Turkey enable giant projects such as Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline to be executed. TANAP and TAP projects rendering possible the transportation of the natural gas obtained in the Caspian Region to Turkey, from there to the Balkans, to Italy and the European Countries have become important than the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan project.

Grzegorz Kolodko, Former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, made mention of the neo-pragmatism which he handled in his new book. ‘This is a new paradigm; I suggest heterodox economy.’ He continues it is required to prevent from the traditional approach and conduct examinations by utilising social psychology and history for the growth of GDP at the competition.

Elmir Velizade, the deputy minister of Communication and High Technologies, states that the infrastructure of information technologies has not been entirely progressed and there have been differences between regions and countries accordingly. Sophistically, Azerbaijan is underway for facilitating the projects of the required infrastructure and aims at launching satellite onto the orbit in 2017.

Beyjan Kakajanov, deputy minister for Economy and Development of Turkmenistan states that in the last years there has been a stable growth in Turkmenistan which is growing at 3,6, that they aim to improve SME and their fiscal systems. Kakajanov, new hydrocarbon projects have been implemented, the operation of east-west natural gas pipeline has been started in 2015, the natural gas pipeline of Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-India-Pakistan completed and working regarding the settlement of new technologies have been conducted.

Jerry Naumoff, the minister for Foreign Investments, in the event that Macedonia has been invested, there will be an opportunity of meeting 650 million customers, will be an attraction point for investors with the highly-qualified labour force, low inflation, secure, stable and growing structure despite the worldwide recession. Macedonia, which has an investment protection agreement with Turkey, is ranked on the 1st place for those investors who plan to establish a company in Europe. We can guarantee 10 years of tax-free investment income. With 4% we have the largest growth rate in Europe.

Kadir Hüseyin, Deputy Health Minister of Kosovo, Kosovo, which is not the member of UN, started with the concordance workings for EU integration, conducted many workings on Climate Change in accordance with the EU directives and prepared Green House inventory accordingly. 
 

Abzal Saparbekuly, the Vice-Secretary General of TURKKON, 45% of the conventional energy of China will be supplied by the renewable energy, the strategies for the renewable energy will be likewise backed up by the EU countries. The latest developments in the last year are promising and Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan have made great progress; custom transitions have been shortened up to 1 day and with 60-70 of price reductions have been provided during this period.

Prof. Dr. Agni Vlavianos Arvanitis, the International President of Bio-Politics, millions of people have been displaced from their place of origin, a brand new enemy has been present before the humanity. In order to prevent the contamination, pollution of soil and water, methods can be developed at the technology. 

Zahari Zahariyev, the President of Slavyani Foundation, ‘we can draw a new road map of Eurasia through One Way, One Generation Project.’ The implementation of the project would not only contribute to global security system but also to present relations. The US’s North Atlantic Trade and Transpacific Project and China’s Project had differences and two projects of the US, on contrary to China’s Project, would affect national states and lead to new classifications in this context; besides, the maintenance of status quo of the US, monopoly will remain and its effects on environment will be relatively negative.

G. Tenger, the Vice-President of Peace and Friendship Organisation of Mongolia, the economic development of Mongolia has decreased at 2 points. The revival of the Silk Road will not only enliven the economies of the Central Asia but also the cooperation with the European Partners.

Sırrı Şimşek, the CEO of the Türk Barter, if EU does not need Turkey, so do Turkey. It is required to be made special Barter agreements among the countries and Barter joint market can have a significant role on the increase of trade volumes among the countries at this point.

Prince Radu of Romania, Every 1 youth out of 4 go to university in his country, a different period has been experienced at which so many youths travel to Europe. Underlining the importance of having a high level education and vocational education of the young population, they aim to generate projects bringing back those well-educated people home and create atmosphere in which they feel themselves home again.

Alenka Bratusek, Former Prime Minister of Slovenia, the provision of energy security and sustainable green growth are one of the most challenging tasks to be faced with. My country is member of EU. EU imports 53% of its energy. Energy constitutes 1%5 of our total importation. Diversification of energy resources can provide with the energy security. Turkey stands in the middle of the Mideast and European markets. Slovenia and Turkey signed a strategic partnership agreement; we have made a step on the issue of energy cooperation.

Victor Ponta, Former Prime Minister of Romania, from this Summit on, I am going to participate in all Eurasian Economic Summits to be granted a Medal of Honour, which is designated for those participants having attended the Summits 10 years successively.

Marjetka Kastner, the President of Life Learning Academy in Slovenia, there has been a global booming and the developing market economies have been refrained from as well. Social and political risks have been observed together with growth; the positive effects of the economic growth have also been monitored.

Vadim Cheban, Vice-President of the Gagauzia Autonomous Region of Moldova, the first Deputy Head of the autonomy presented a report that includes theses for sustainable development of energy sector. “For this, we have to strengthen politicians’ adherence to the renewable energy and mobilize investments in this sphere”, Cheban said.

 In the aftermath of the Session, the President of the Marmara Group Foundation Dr. Akkan Suver signed a "Memorandum of Understanding" with the President of the Peace and Friendship Organization of Mongolia, Hon. Deleg Zadgjav in a ceremony where also H.E. Tuğrul Türkeş, the Vice President were present.