President of Tatarstan meets with delegation of Russian Ministry of foreign affairs
6 December 2012, Thursday
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has met with members of delegation of the Russian Ministry of foreign affairs who had arrived in Kazan to participate in session of the World congress of Tatars.
RF Deputy Minister of foreign affairs Grigory Karasin, Director of the Department for relations with subjects of the federation, parliament and public organizations Oleg Vasnetsov, Director of the Department for interaction with compatriots living abroad Anatoly Makarov, representative of the Russian Ministry of foreign affairs in Kazan Radik Vakhitov, Deputy of the RF State Duma Timur Akulov, RT Minister of culture Airat Sibagatullin, Chairman of executive committee of the World congress of Tatars Rinat Zakirov were present at the meeting at the Kazan Kremlin.
Participants of the meeting discussed current state and prospects of relationships with national Tatar autonomies in Russian regions and abroad and set objectives for the World congress of Tatars.
On May 26, speaking at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic held in a videoconference mode with participation of all municipal regions of Tatarstan and focused on events scheduled for June 1, International Children’s Day, as well as the implementation of the “Summer in Tatarstan” programme, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva appealed that parents should closely supervise their children during recreational activities near water in order to prevent accidents.
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.