Rustam Minnikhanov meets with Qatar delegation at Kazansummit'13
2 October 2013, Wednesday
On October 2 at his meeting with Undersecretary of Qatar Ministry of Economy and Commerce Sultan Al-Khater within the framework of V international investment forum Kazansummit Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that Tatarstan and Islamic countries have common history, culture and religion, but at the same time business relations are not well developed. He added that Kazansummit is a window on Russia for Islamic world.
Rustam Minnikhanov continued that Tatarstan offers comfortable conditions for investments.
Sultan Al-Khater said his first day in Tatarstan left good impression on him, and added that OIC countries are willing to develop relations with Russia.
Rustam Minnikhanov said that Tatarstan leadership closely follows Qatar economic development. He summarized that the current meeting would make Tatarstan and Qatar closer to each other.
Vice-speaker of the Federation Council Ilyas Umakhanov, Aide to Tatarstan President on international issues Radik Gimatdinov, Chief Executive of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Linar Yakupov, Chairman of Chamber of Commerce and Industry Shamil Ageev took part in the event.
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.