Ildar Khalikov meets with Vietnam Deputy Minister of National Defence, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Nguyen Van Hien
23 September 2013, Monday
On September 23 at his meeting with Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of National Defence, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Nguyen Van Hien Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov conveyed welcoming words on behalf of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, who is currently on a business trip abroad.
Ildar Khalikov briefly presented Tatarstan economic potential noting a great number of defence and industrial enterprises located in the republic. He told that produce for aircraft and ship building industries, ammunition, special chemicals are manufactured in Tatarstan.
He added that the defense-industrial sector includes Gorbunov KAPO, Kazan helicopters plant, Sergo plant, and Zelenodolsk Gorky plant.
Ildar Khalikov thanked Vietnamese colleagues for partnership expressing hope that the current visit would give new impetus to relationships. He also said that Russian Ministry of Industry and Trade and Rosoboronexport (Russian defence export) render great support in cooperation with Vietnam.
Ildar Khalikov informed that laying of keel of two “Gepard-3.9” frigates that were engineered at OAO “Zelenodolsk planning and design bureau” for Vietnam Navy will be held on September 24.
Deputy Minister of National Defence, Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Nguyen Van Hien thanked Tatarstan partners for support.
On 12 April in his address to residents of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated them with the Space Exploration Day and said: “April 12, 1961 has forever been inscribed into the world history as the day of triumph of the Soviet science and engineering thought. The flight of Yuriy Gagarin opened the way to the stars for the humankind and demonstrated to the whole world the might of our country.
On 4 April , speaking at a closing ceremony of the XX Russian Venture Forum held at the Kazan Expo Exhibition Center, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian Venture Forum has confirmed its status of the point of attraction of technological development leaders.
The Forum created a unified scientific, technological and investment space where scientific ideas are transformed into competitive products, and startups gain access to capital and markets. Its business programme is organically integrated into the regional and federal agenda for achieving technological sovereignty and leadership of Russia, he said.
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.