Ildar Khalikov meets with Azerbaijan Prime Minister
5 March 2012, Monday
Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov met with Azerbaijan colleague Artur Rasi-Zade in Baku during his working visit to Azerbaijan Republic.
The Azerbaijan party was also presented by several ministers. Head of the ministry of emergency situations Rafis Khabibullin, deputy of RF State Duma Irek Boguslavsky, Chairman of “Ak Bars Bank” Board Robert Musin, first vice minister of industry and trade Igor Nosov took part in the event on the part of Tatarstan.
Artur Rasi-Zade welcomed members of the Tatarstan delegation and was hopeful that the visit would favour development of relations between Azerbaijan and Tatarstan.
Ildar Khalikov in turn marked that it is a return visit of the Tatarstan delegation after the visit of Azerbaijan emergency minister to RT. According to RT Premier, the visit of Azerbaijan party gave impetus to development of relations and Tatarstan would try to keep it up.
Economic potential of Azerbaijan was presented to the Tatarstan delegation at the meeting.
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Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
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On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.