Thomson Reuters becomes information partner of “Smart City Kazan” project

On May 1 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov gave an interview to an authoritative international information agency Thomson Reuters and visited company’s office in Dubai.

The arrangement about the visit of Thomson Reuters officials to Tatarstan was reached during the presentation of Tatarstan economic potential in London in November 2012. At the end of January Thomson Reuters officials came to Kazan and held meetings with Tatarstan Investment Development Agency, Ministry of Education and Science and leading higher educational institutions.

At today’s meeting in Dubai officials of Tatarstan and Thomson Reuters discussed issues of information cooperation.

Thomson Reuters was interested in cooperation in the sphere of product and financial markets, Islamic finances, intellectual property, science and education. The parties also discussed opening the company’s representative office in Tatarstan and signed agreement.

The company is willing to participate in development of business infrastructure and information services of “Smart City Kazan” project.