On October 17 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Thuringia Minister of Economy, Labour and Technologies Matthias Machnig took part in opening of the economic forum “Thuringia meets Tatarstan”.
Tatarstan and Thuringia businessmen came to Pullman Erfurt am Dom hotel in Erfurt to take part in the forum.
Welcoming participants of the forum, Mr Machnig noted similarity of two regions, two economic platforms for business and territorial development. He pointed out areas of potential cooperation, in particular, petrochemistry, agricultural engineering, automotive components production, health care, investment activity. I am sure that the foundation for future joint projects that will contribute to globalization of economy, internationalization of investments, and harmony of international dialogues will be laid today, the Minister said.
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, in his turn, said that the republic is one of economically developed and stable innovative regions in Russia, and major efforts are taken to develop competitiveness of its economy. He mentioned such projects as Innopolis, Smart City Kazan, transport corridor “West Europe-West China”, and Sviyazhsk interregional logistics centre under implementation.
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