Rustam Minnikhanov meets with Massachusetts Minister of Housing and Economic Development Gregory Bialecki
16 September 2013, Monday
On September 16 during his meeting with Massachusetts Minister of Housing and Economic Development Gregory Bialecki Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov noted a large amount of innovations that are adopted in various economic sectors in Massachusetts.
Local authorities and businessmen are interested in development and adoption of state-of-the-art technologies and implementation of different innovative projects.
He also noted that for the first time he got familiar with a government structure that unites economic development and housing sector.
Massachusetts Minister of Housing and Economic Development Gregory Bialecki said it was a kind of experiment noting that his ministry is responsible for providing housing to highly skilled specialists employed for innovative industries in Massachusetts.
Rustam Minnikhanov said that all conditions for developing innovative projects, attracting new ideas and technologies were created in the state.
On 4 July at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and the Director General of the FSUE Federal Environmental Operator (FEO) Maxim Pogodin discussed interaction in the issues of implementation of joint projects in waste management and elimination of objects of accumulated environmental damage with the aim of decreasing impact of industry on the environment.
On 3 July at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and trade representatives of Russia to foreign countries discussed current trade and economic interaction of the republic with foreign partners, issues of export activities of enterprises of the republic, promotion of Tatarstan produce to foreign markets and development of new niches, issues of logistics and the development in inter-regional ties.
On 1 July in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin held a meeting of organizational committee for preparing an international forum ROSTKI: Russia-China mutually beneficial cooperation, where he said that the forum will be held for the third time in the republic. “It is the largest business platform uniting representatives of business, state power and community of two countries. Since its establishment the forum has proved itself to be an efficient tool for the development of economic cooperation between Russian regions and Chinese provinces, facilitating the implementation of joint investments projects and creating promising productions,” he said.
On 28 June, speaking at a regular meeting in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said there will be a number of public events in the coming week and their organizers together with law-enforcement bodies should ramp up security measures.