Tatarstan Government is interested in cooperation with “Yokogawa Electric International” Company
26 November 2008, Wednesday
Rustam Minnikhanov met with Teruyoshi Minaki, the President of “Yokogawa Electric International” Company.
RT Prime Minister confirmed that Tatarstan Government is interested in cooperation with the company. He supposes that opening of “Yokogawa technical center” in Kazan proves this fact. Opening of Decision-making Center will be the next step.
Teruyoshi Minaki thanked Rustam Minnikhanov for rendered trust. He also reminded that “Yokogawa Electric International” is the general contractor on automation of petrochemical and oil-refinery enterprises in Nizhnekamsk (“TANEKO” JSC project). The company is also ready to take part in such great projects as the Complex for production of ammonia, methanol and granulated carbamide in Mendeleevsk (“Ammoniy” JSC project), Complex for refinery of oil heavy still bottoms in Nizhnekamsk (“TAIF-NK” JSC project).
Nowadays petrochemistry is the most important sphere for Tatarstan economy. In the nearest future it’s planned to refine hydrocarbon raw materials 20 million tones in number (for today the number is 7 million tones).
“Though the situation in world economic market restrains our plans the program will be realized”, - Rustam Minnikhanov announced .
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