Working group of specialists working in the sphere of oil refining to be organized at the end of Rustam Minnikhanov’s trip to India
22 March 2012, Thursday
A working group comprised of specialists of Reliance Industries (India) and representatives of several oil-refining enterprises of Tatarstan will be organized in the nearest time.
Such an arrangement has been reached today during the working trip of the Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov to Jamnagar (India, Gujarat).
To the point, the trip was mainly aimed at acquaintance with manufacturing process at one of the modern Indian enterprises – the oil-refining plant Reliance Industries.
Attendees also discussed possible cooperation in petrochemical and oil-refining sectors, in particular, refining of crude oil.
In memory of the visit to the oil-refining complex in Jamnagar Rustam Minnikhanov planted a mango tree in a grove in the “green zone” near the plant.
About one hundred and thousand mango trees grow in the “green zone”, and animals inhabit the area (deers, lynxes, peacocks). It speaks about favorable ecological situation in the vicinity of the plant.
During the trip Rustam Minnikhanov was accompanied by Director of the Department for external relations under RT President – Aide to RT President on international issues Iskander Muflikhanov, Director general of JSC Tatneft Shafagat Takhautdinov, Director general of JSC TAIF Albert Shigabutdinov, First deputy director general of JSC Tatneft Nail Maganov.
On 1 April Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Russian Minister of Healthcare Mikhail Murashko introduced Ayrat Farrakhov, who was appointed the Acting Rector of Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) to its staff.
In his speech Mikhail Murashko emphasized that today KSMU is rightfully considered one of the most respected in the country and said:”Ayrat (Zakievich) has been officially appointed the Acting Rector and I am sure that under his leadership the University will maintain the positions it has achieved and, of course, will continue its development.”
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.