Tatarstan and Tyumen region agree on development of cooperation
2 August 2013, Friday
On August 2 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Governor of Tyumen region Vladimir Yakushev signed agreement between Tatarstan and Tyumen region on trade-economic, scientific-technical, social and cultural cooperation.
Before the signing ceremony Vladimir Yakushev welcomed Rustam Minnikhanov and thanked Tatarstan Government for holding 13th federal Sabantui in Tyumen.
Governor of the region reminded that in 1998 Tatarstan and Tyumen region signed agreement on main principles of cooperation. He continued that the regions have opportunities for cooperation.
Representative offices of many Tatarstan enterprises, 30 Tatar national ethno-cultural associations are functioning in Tyumen region. There are thousands of books in Tatar language in Tyumen regional library. 8 % of pupils in Tyumen schools are Tatars. They take part in school competitions in Tatar language held in Tyumen in Tatarstan.
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, in his turn, said that Tatarstan delegation was visiting Tyumen with great pleasure and reminded about historically developed relations between the regions.
Rustam Minnikhanov addressed Governor of Tyumen region: “We are interested in issues of preservation of language, culture, religion of Tatars and we are glad that you offer such an opportunity. We are always ready to contribute to this activity by providing satellite TV channel in Tatar, online programmes for studying the language, and organizing visits of our artists. ”
“The previous agreement made a considerable contribution to our relations and now we are facing new tasks. We always adopt practices of Tyumen region and I believe that our colleagues are also interested in some of our projects. We hope for a long-term and joint work,” Rustam Minnikhanov summarized.
On 1 April Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Russian Minister of Healthcare Mikhail Murashko introduced Ayrat Farrakhov, who was appointed the Acting Rector of Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) to its staff.
In his speech Mikhail Murashko emphasized that today KSMU is rightfully considered one of the most respected in the country and said:”Ayrat (Zakievich) has been officially appointed the Acting Rector and I am sure that under his leadership the University will maintain the positions it has achieved and, of course, will continue its development.”
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.
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