President of Tatarstan meets with Austrian Deputy Minister of Transport, Innovations and Technologies
20 March 2013, Wednesday
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has met with Austrian Deputy Minister of Transport, Innovations and Technologies Andreas Reichhardt. Tatarstan Minister of Economy Midkhat Shagiakhmetov, Minister of Transport and Roads Lenar Safin, Minister of Construction, Architecture, Housing and Communal Services Irek Faizullin, Chief Executive of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Linar Yakupov participated in the meeting.
The Austrian delegation consists of employees of several Austrian companies.
Rustam Minnikhanov welcomed guests and told about advanced projects. According to Rustam Minnikhanov, favourable conditions were provided for foreign companies in Tatarstan. Special Economic Zone “Alabuga” is the most attractive platform for investors. 34 residents are already registered at SEZ “Alabuga”. Their announced amount of investments makes 3 bln dollars.
Tatarstan also participates in implementation of a major project aimed at construction of transport corridor “Europe-Western China”. Moreover, the innovative city “Innopolis” being constructed near Kazan may be interesting for Austrian businessmen.
President of Tatarstan said that republic is willing to cooperate with Austrian companies in various spheres.
Austrian Deputy Minister of Transport, Innovations and Technologies Andreas Reichhardt thanked Rustam Minnikhanov for the meeting. He is sure that the current visit of Austrian delegation to Tatarstan will favour development of relationships between Tatarstan and Austria.
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.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.