Rustam Minnikhanov: We should expand our cooperation with Denmark
4 April 2012, Wednesday
The Republic of Tatarstan is interested in attraction of Danish investors and cooperation with Denmark in the sphere of energy efficiency and other areas. Such a statement was made by the Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov today at a meeting with the Danish Minister for trade and investment Pia Olsen Duhr.
RF Minister of economic development Elvira Nabiullina took part in the event.
The meeting was held after a solemn launching of the Rockwool plant in SEZ Alabuga. The Russian leadership is interested in attraction of Danish investments, Elvira Nabiullina stressed.
The Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Pia Olsen Duhr for the visit to republic saying that the Danish experience in the sphere of energy resource efficiency is widely used in Tatarstan, including the republican program of energy resource saving.
The head of republic called Pia Olsen Duhr for using the advent of Rockwoll plant in Tatarstan in attracting other Danish companies in republic. Moreover, Rustam Minnikhanov suggested organizing the visit of Denmark business delegation to Tatarstan. According to Rustam Minnikhanov, educational sphere is also interesting for republic in cooperation with Denmark.
The Danish Minister for trade and investment Pia Olsen Duhr informed that several Danish companies are willing to launch production in Russia.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials
On 24 April in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin held a joint meeting the Council for Enforcement of Legislation of Languages of Tatarstan and the organizational committee for celebrations of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay which summarized results of work of the regional law enforcement on official languages of the republic and considered progress of the implementation of the plan of main events for preparation and celebration of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay .