Ildar Khalikov and Tatarstan businessmen arrive in Canada
12 March 2014, Wednesday
On March 11-13 during his working trip to Canada, Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov will visit Montreal high technology park, where headquarters and research units of 30 companies are located.
Most state-of-the-art projects developed by Quebecois and foreign companies are being implemented at high technology park.
Ildar Khalikov will also visit Bombardier (world’s largest manufacturer of business and regional jets), and Pratt & Whitney (American manufacturer of aircraft engines and military aircrafts) plants.
On March 13 Tatarstan delegation will head for Toronto (Ontario province), where the investment potential of Tatarstan will be presented at CERBA (Canada Eurasia and Russia Business Association) office, and the meeting with Tatars living in Canada will be held.
In the afternoon Tatarstan delegation will visit MaRS Discovery District and University of Toronto.
Ildar Khalikov will also hold several business meetings.
Minister of Health Adel Vafin, Minister of Transport and Roads Lenar Safin, Chief Executive of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Linar Yakupov, trade and economic representative of the Republic of Tatarstan under Trade Representative Office of Russia in the United States Ravil Nigmedzyanov are on the delegation.
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.
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