Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director for European Union Affairs Ambassador Faruk Kaymakcı participated in the event entitled ''Modernization of Türkiye-EU Customs Union: Business Perspectives from Türkiye and Germany''

The event entitled “Modernization of Türkiye-EU Customs Union – Business Perspectives from Türkiye and Germany” was held on 17 December 2020 in cooperation with Turkish Embassy in Berlin, Turkish-German Chamber of Commerce and The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) within the scope of Türkiye’s EU Communication Strategy (EUCS).

The opening speeches of the event were delivered by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Director for European Union Affairs Ambassador Faruk Kaymakcı, Deputy Minister of Trade Gonca Yılmaz Batur and Ambassador Susanne Schütz from German Federal Foreign Office.

Former EU Commission Vice President Günter Verheugen also took part in the event as the keynote speaker.

Closing speech of the event was delivered by Ambassador of Türkiye to Germany Ali Kemal Aydın.

During the event a panel discussion on the modernization of Customs Union from a business perspective was held.