The Eastern Azerbaijan and Tatarstan: cooperation in economy and culture
15 January 2009, Thursday
Ahmad Ali Reza Bigi, the Governor of the Eastern Azerbaijan announced at the meeting with Rustam Minnikhanov that Iran plans to invest the money into production of heavy and light tractors in Tatarstan, the development of joint projects in oil chemistry, cooperation among Tatarstan and Iran universities and adjustment of air service between Kazan and Tebriz.
The appropriate Memorandum was signed in Kazan City Hall.
According to Rustam Minnikhanov the presence of Iran Consulate-General in Kazan plays an important role in bilateral relations. Ahmad Ali Reza Bigi, in his turn, informed that representatives of province business community got acquainted with economic and technical spheres of the republic and special economic zone “Alabuga”.
According to the results of the visit of Eastern Azerbaijan delegation a special workshop will be organized for realization of all discussed agreements.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.
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.
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