Tatarstan President meets with Singapore Vice-Premier
22 June 2013, Saturday
On June 22 at a meeting of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov with Singapore delegation led by Vice-Premier and Minster of Finances Tharman Shanmugaratnam Tatarstan Ministry of Education and Science and Educare company signed Memorandum on cooperation, and Tatarstan Ministry of Information and Communication and Singapore Committee on international trade signed Memorandum on mutual understanding.
Rustam Minnikhanov welcomed members of Singapore delegation saying that Singapore and Tatarstan are united by long-term relations and a number of joint projects. Republican officials take part in sessions of Russian-Singapore intergovernmental commission headed by Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Igor Shuvalov, Tatarstan delegation always visits Russian-Singapore Business Forum.
Tatarstan President continued that relations with Singapore gave impetus to development of “Electronic Government”, Innopolis project, and the whole IT industry.
Rustam Minnikhanov focused on cooperation in educational sphere and the professional development programme for teachers Educare that was very efficient. He invited Singapore companies for establishment of joint enterprises in Tatarstan.
Tharman Shanmugaratnam shared his impressions about Kazan noting that it is a wonderful city for life and work. He continued that republican leadership is willing to adopt best world practices and has gained wide experience in maintaining interethnic stability.
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.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.