OIC - COOPERATION ISLAMIC CAPITAL MARKETS - Memorandum of Understanding between Bank Negara Malaysia and Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey

www.bnm.gov.my - A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between Bank Negara Malaysia and the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey on 16 May 2012 in Istanbul, Turkey by Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz, Governor of the Bank Negara Malaysia and Dr. Erdem Başçı, Governor of the Central Bank of the Republic of Turkey.

The MoU aims to foster strategic cooperation between Malaysia and the Republic of Turkey towards promoting bilateral investment and liquidity arrangements, to support the development of the financial services sector in both countries, and to enhance economic and financial linkages between the two countries through bilateral trade and investment. This will also include building the required financial infrastructure, payments and settlements arrangements to facilitate bilateral trade in the respective local currencies of the two countries. (source)

GENERAL - Transatlantic survey shows Turks choosing to cooperate with Mideast

According to the 2010 Transatlantic Trends public opinion survey released yesterday by the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), the percentage of Turks who said Turkey should act in closest cooperation with countries in the Middle East on international matters has doubled to 20 percent from 2009 figures. Furthermore, the majority of Turks were not concerned about Iran acquiring nuclear weapons, in sharp contrast with the European Union and the United States respondents, who were concerned.