Rustam Minnikhanov meets Director general of Abu Dabi Fund Mohammed Saif Al Suvaidi
11 June 2012, Monday
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhnov has met with Abu Dabi Fund ‘s Director general Mohammed Saif Al Suvaidi today. The meeting took place in the RT House of Government with participation of RT Director of External relations Department, aide to RT President on international issues Iskander Muflikhanov, chief of RT Agency on investment development Linar Yakupov, CEO of Ak Bars Holding company Ivan Egorov and others. As Iskander Muflikhanov informed later, a conversation with Mohammed Saif Al Suvaidi was of an introductory character. The parties discussed the issues of potential cooperation with Fund of Abu-Dabi within the framework of progressing relations with the countries of the Islamic world and attracting investments to the republic. To the point, Abu-Dabi Fund actively cooperates with such CIS countries like Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan and others, granting credits for developing branches of energetics, transport, and agriculture.
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
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.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
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.