So my final task before becoming a tourist for the day tomorrow was to meet Agent Yuri. Yuri Andreev is our man in Moscow and it just so happened he was in Istanbul to meet UKTI and speak to a couple of companies.
At our designated rendezvous we exchanged pleasantries and the microfiche containing plans for the the top secret thermo-capacitor, then we headed out for dinner. Yuri, a seasoned traveller fell foul of an excellent shoe polish scam, superbly executed. We laughed as he continued the walk with one shined shoe.
Over dinner we chatted about a lot of things. He's an easy going companion. However, we spoke of SDI's purpose in the area. SDIs interest it seems is twofold:
- Istanbul is an ideal location for exploring oil & gas opportunities in neighbouring Turkmenistan and Iraq. Interestingly, this is also the approach of the Wallonia (Belgium) investment promotion agenacy.
- Turkey is one of the fastest growing economies in the world right now - it's the T in the MINT group of countries.
Together we also learnt that we both like Barbunya - beans.
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