Rustam Minnikhanov meets with Ambassador of Luxembourg to Russia
2 August 2012, Thursday
A meeting between the Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg to Russia Pierre Ferring took place in Kazan.
The meeting at the House of RT Government was attended by Aide to RT President on international issues Radik Gimatdinov, Director of the Department for external relations under the RT President Eduard Khabibullin.
The parties discussed prospects of cooperation between Tatarstan and Luxembourg. Rustam Minnikhanov thanked the Ambassador for warm reception of the Tatarstan delegation during their visit to Luxembourg in April this year. He noted that new areas of cooperation were discovered during the visit.
The Ambassador of Luxembourg Pierre Ferring informed that business society of the Duchy express interest towards investment opportunities of Tatarstan. In November 2012 business delegation from Luxembourg would probably come to Kazan within the framework of their visit to Russia.
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.