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 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