On May 24, at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Alexey Pesoshin and Armenian Ambassador to Russia Vardan Toghanyan discussed prospects for the development of cooperation between Tatarstan and Armenia as part of Russia-Armenia relations, the expansion of the range and volume of mutual trade, the strengthening of relations in the humanitarian sphere, in particular, in education, sport, tourism, culture and art.
The main purpose of Toghanyan's visit to Kazan is participation in meetings of the Council of CIS Heads of Government and Eurasian Intergovernmental Council to be held in the capital of Tatarstan on May 25-26, 2017.
Aide to Tatarstan Prime Minister Nazil Nasibullin, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the republic Denis Valeev took part in the meeting.