Tatarstan and Tyumen region agree on development of cooperation

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.