Ildar Khalikov meets with Director General of Thuringia Agency of economic development
27 March 2014, Thursday
On March 27 at his meeting with Director General of Thuringia Agency of economic development Andreas Krai, Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov welcomed members of the delegation and thanked Thuringia leadership for attention paid to Tatarstan.
Ildar Khalikov noted that Germany is one of the main partners of the republic with trade turnover between Germany and Tatarstan being 1.6 billion dollars in 2013. He briefly told about major projects being implemented in the republic.
Andreas Krai welcomed Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov on behalf of Thuringia Prime Minister Christina Liberkneht and said that she is going to visit Tatarstan with Thuringia businessmen in June.
According to Andreas Krai, representatives of ten German companies, producing automotive components, are on the delegation.
New joint projects in the sphere of medicine were also discussed at the meeting.
Summing up, Ildar Khalikov said he was glad that there are new prospective areas of cooperation between Tatarstan and Thuringia. He also called for developing interuniversity interaction and achieving certain results by the visit of Thuringia Prime Minister in June.
On 15 December, speaking at a meeting of the competition committee of the regional public competition “The Manager of the Year” about its results in 2025, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the list of 155 participants (nominees), who are heads of enterprises and organizations from various industries and sectors of the economy, for the competition was formed based on recommendations from regional ministries and departments, city and district municipalities, employers' associations and the Federation of Trade Unions of the republic.
On 6 December speaking at a regional meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Marat Ayzatullin reported about progress in implementation of the of multi-apartment houses capital overhaul programme.
On 5 December, congratulating volunteers with the International Volunteers Day, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva wrote in her address: “
Your boundless kindness, sincere desire to help others and active civic position deserve special recognition and deep gratitude. There are over 5,000 volunteer associations operating successfully in Tatarstan, with a total membership of over 220,000 caring people of all ages and professions. Every year the contribution of volunteers into public life of the republic becomes more noticeable.
On 4 December Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Shamil Gafarov, who is the Chief of Staff of the Office of the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic, took part in a strategic session on the establishment of an inter-university campus in the republic being held at the Kazan Aircraft University on 4-6 December with participation of more than 100 people and more than 40 experts in politics, economy, science, education and industry from all over Russia.