The reception ceremony held at Murat Bey Customs Post, Istanbul was attended by senior officials of Turkish Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure, Ministry of Trade, Chamber of Commerce & Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB), ECO Secretariat, Transport Ministry of Iran and representatives of Turkish logistics industry. Pakistan Ambassador to Turkey, Muhammad Syrus Sajjad Qazi and Umberto de Pretto, Secretary General of Geneva based IRU were also present on the occasion.
The participants termed the initiative by NLC as a major step towards markets integration and enhancing trade between Pakistan and Turkey.