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On June 30, at his meeting with Minister of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources of Ireland Alex White in Dublin, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that meetings during this visit to Ireland would be useful for both countries. Minnikhanov thanked leadership of Ireland and Irish Embassy in Russia for organization of the visit and interesting programme.

On June 30, at their meeting at Tatarstan Government House, Prime Minister of the republic Ildar Khalikov and Board Chairman of Wintershall Holding GmbH Mario Mehren discussed priority areas of cooperation. Khalikov said that establishing such contacts is very important.

On June 29, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov arrived on a working visit in Dublin (June 29-30) to meet with Irish businessmen, visit Google – Europe, Ding and other innovative companies.

On June 29, at their meeting at Tatarstan Government House, Prime Minister of the republic Ildar Khalikov and Cuban Ambassador to Russia Emilio Lozada García discussed prospects of further mutually beneficial cooperation between Cuba and Tatarstan, opening of a service center in Cuba for Russian helicopters used in Latin America, and implementation of joint projects in the sphere of health care, pharmaceutics, engineering, tourism and petrochemistry.

On June 29, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov held a board session of “Tatneftekhiminvest-holding” in Kazan. A number of proposals for different industries were considered.

On June 27, three candidates that will be considered by “United Russia” party for the presidency of the Republic of Tatarstan were defined at presidential primaries.

On June 27, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov arrived in Nurlat region to take part in 9th All-Russia national holiday of Chuvash culture “Uyav”.