Rustam Minnikhanov and Chairman of Htoo group Mr Tay Za discuss development of mutually beneficial relationships
1 November 2013, Friday
On November 1 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with Chairman of Htoo group (Myanmar) Mr Tay Za at Tatarstan Government House.
On September 23 during the visit of Tatarstan delegation to Myanmar, Tatarstan and Myanmar Chambers of Commerce and Industry signed Memorandum of mutual understanding that is expected to favour development of trade and economic relations between two regions.
Rustam Minnikhanov thanked management of Htoo group for their visit to Tatarstan.
Tatarstan President said that products of Tatarstan engineering enterprises, in particular, helicopters, trucks, may be widely presented at Myanmar market.
Besides, Tatarstan experience in oil and gas production and transportation, chemical and petrochemical sector may be interesting for Myanmar.
Cooperation between Tatarstan and Myanmar is expected to have positive impact on development of Russia- Myanmar relationships.
Rustam Minnikhanov added that Myanmar and Tatarstan have wide opportunities for rapid development of trade and economic relationships.
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.