On April 14 upon his arrival in China, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited Urumqi, the administrative centre of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Business itinerary of the visit will start tomorrow from Urumchi innovative and economic development zone, where Rustam Minnikhanov will present economic potential of the Republic of Tatarstan to businessmen of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
Rustam Minnikhanov will also meet with Zhang Chunxian, a member of Political Bureau of the Central Committee of Communist Party of China, Secretary of the party committee of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, sign several agreements on cooperation, visit main Urumchi enterprises, and meet with members of Tatar community of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.
On April 16 Tatarstan delegation will head for Beijing.
Chief Executive of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Linar Yakupov, Aide to Tatarstan President on international activity Radik Gimatdinov, OAO “Tatneft” Director General Nail Maganov, OAO “TAIF” Board Chairman Rustem Sulteev, OAO “Tatneftekhiminvest-holding” Director General Rafinat Yarullin, Chairman of Tatartsan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Shamil Ageev are on Tatarstan delegation.
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