Tatarstan signs communiqué with Turkish provinces Eskişehir and Bursa
1 June 2013, Saturday
On June 1 at his meeting with Governor of Eskişehir province Güngör Azim Tuna and Governor of Bursa province Şahabettin Harput at Anemon hotel (Eskişehir, Turkey) Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov signed communiqué on further development of relationships between Tatarstan and Eskişehir and Bursa provinces.
Turkish Minister of National Education Nabi Avci, Ambassador of Russia to Turkish Republic Vladimir Ivanovsky, Aide to Tatarstan President on international issues Airat Sibagatullin, Board Chairman of Chamber of Commerce and Industry Shamil Ageev, First Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Ruslan Kabirov were present at the meeting.
Güngör Azim Tuna welcomed Rustam Minnikhanov and said that joint prospective projects and arrangements would promote development of mutually beneficial relationships between Tatarstan and Turkey.
“Turkey is the main partner of Tatarstan in trade-economic, cultural, scientific, educational and humanitarian spheres. Is speaks about high level of partnership relations between us,” Rustam Minnikhanov said, in his turn.
To the point, the international organisation TURKSOI announced Eskişehir city the cultural capital of Turkic world in 2013, Kazan – in 2014. The Tatar national holiday Sabantui will be held today in Eskişehir.
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