Rustam Minnikhanov meets with International Enterprise Singapore officials

On October 29 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with Deputy Director General of International Enterprise Singapore Mr. Chua Taik Him at Tatarstan Government House.

Rustam Minnikhanov thanked the guests for their interest in Tatarstan and noted that for Tatarstan Singapore is the platform for gaining experience and implementation of a large number of educational projects. Training of government and municipal officials and development of info-communicational technologies are the areas of further cooperation, Rustam Minnikhanov said to his Singapore colleagues.

Tatarstan President reminded that in June 2013 the Memorandum of Understanding was signed between Tatarstan Ministry of Information and Communication and International Enterprise Singapore Board within the framework of Tatarstan-Singapore business forum. The document stipulates development of strategic cooperation and cooperation within the framework of Innopolis project. In particular, according to the Memorandum, the Singapore party will take part in city planning and architectural design, development of the special economic zone “Innopolis”, business and housing infrastructure, city transport and investments.

Rustam Minnikhanov is sure that today’s visit of International Enterprise Singapore officials will contribute to further development of cooperation between Singapore and Tatarstan.

Mr. Chua Taik Him, in his turn, said that it was his first visit to Tatarstan. He reminded that since 2007 Singapore and Tatarstan has been actively cooperated.
We would like to find new areas for cooperation and strengthen our international business relations during our visit to the republic, he said. Mr. Chua Taik Him said they would like to present some projects that could be implemented in Tatarstan.

To the point, representatives of International Enterprise Singapore Board had already visited the Special Economic Zone “Alabuga”, and a meeting on cooperation under Smart-City Kazan project will be held at Tatarstan Investment Development Agency today.

Deputy Prime Minister - Tatarstan Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov, Deputy Prime Minister – Tatarstan Minister of Information and Communication Roman Shaikhutdinov, Aide to Tatarstan President Radik Gimatdinov, Director General of SEZ “Innopolis” Igor Nosov and other officials took part in the meeting.