Ildar Khalikov: Chamber of Commerce and Industry is an efficient tool of interaction with entrepreneurs

Tatarstan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry has established itself as an important economic structure, the Tatarstan PM Ildar Khalikov said at an extended session of Administrative Council and Department of Tatarstan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry dated to its 20th anniversary. President of Russian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Sergei Katyrin, Board Chairman of Tatarstan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry Shamil Ageev participated in the session.

Head of the Tatarstan Government congratulated people who were among originators of Tatarstan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry. He supposes that today authorities use all opportunities offered by Tatarstan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry in full.

Chamber of Commerce and Industry is an efficient tool of interaction with entrepreneurs as it deals with agro-industrial complex, housing and communal services and other spheres.

The Tatarstan PM noted that the international cooperation was one more field of concern. He mentioned that close contacts had been established with foreign partners within the framework of Tatarstan-Luxembourg business forum, Tatarstan-Finland business forum and other important events.

“As for Russia’s joining the WTO and new conditions for entrepreneurs, we should try to benefit from the situation instead of seeing negative effects. We should not think that Russia’s joining the WTO will not have any impact on entrepreneurs, especially on agricultural producers. We should work over this issue and set questions before the federal government,” Ildar Khalikov said.

The PM said that he had no doubts that Tatarstan would be able to keep up the pace and even increase it.

To the point, 2151 enterprises of various types of ownership have become members of Tatarstan’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry during its working period.