Cooperation Agreement signed between Tatarstan Republic and ITAR-TASS
12 July 2013, Friday
On July 12 at their meeting in Kazan Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and ITAR-TASS First Deputy Director General Mikhail Gusman signed a Cooperation Agreement between Tatarstan Republic and ITAR-TASS news agency.
The main purpose of the Agreement is establishment of comprehensive and effective cooperation on information exchange, fulfillment of joint tasks on strengthening of a good image of Tatarstan Republic, extended coverage of successful practices and plans on Tatarstan development, events in different fields, including social, economic, cultural, scientific, educational, sports spheres, etc.
Besides, ITAR-TASS is supposed to contribute to establishing direct relationships and cooperation between Tatarstan Republic, foreign and federal mass media agencies by organising press-tours for Russian and foreign journalists of leading news agencies, and print media from Asian, European and CIS countries to the republic.
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Currently, ITAR-TASS has 74 offices in Russia and CIS countries and 65 bureaus around the world. Its Internet portal includes 15 independent informational resources with about 200 thousand users daily. The news is reported in six languages – Russian, English, French, German, Spanish, and Arabic.
ITAR-TASS has worked in close cooperation with Tatarstan Republic since 2007.
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