Rustam Minnikhanov: Kazansummit makes Russia and Islamic world closer
2 October 2013, Wednesday
On October 2 at a business breakfast that opened V international investment forum Kazansummit Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that the forum makes Russia and Islamic world closer and it is a wonderful place to hold business meetings.
He added that the event also gives an opportunity to present Tatarstan potential. He wished participants of the forum to enjoy their visit to Kazan and establish new contacts.
Vice-speaker of the Federation Council Ilyas Umakhanov welcomed the audience: “Our business breakfast is dedicated to myths about Russia. And as we say better see once than hear about it ten times. In Kazan we can see and hear each other.”
Representatives of biggest foreign companies shared their impressions about working in Tatarstan noting that it is a reliable partner and place to make foreign investments.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials