Rustam Minnikhanov meets with executives of Chinese National Chemical Engineering Corporation
16 April 2014, Wednesday
On April 16 at their meeting in Beijing, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Board Chairman of Chinese National Chemical Engineering Corporation Jin Kening discussed realization of current projects and prospects of cooperation between Tatarstan enterprises and Chinese National Chemical Engineering Corporation (CNCEC).
CNCEC is one of participants of international consortium that is building Ammoni plant in Mendeleevsk region (Tatarstan). At today’s meeting Tatarstan President noted that implementation of the project is nearly completed.
Rustam Minnikhanov said that high professional skills and discipline of CNCEC group is worth noticing. “We hope “Ammoni” is not our last joint project. Heads of our leading companies that are on the delegation today might be interested in CNCEC services,” Rustam Minnikhanov said.
Director General of ZAO “Gasprom Mezhregiongas Kazan” Rinat Khanbikov reported on implementation of “Ammoni” project.
Director General of OAO “Tatneft” Nail Maganov said the company will be glad to see Chinese partners as designers of prospective projects.
Board Chairman of OAO “TAIF” Rustem Sulteev confirmed company’s readiness for cooperation with CNCEC.
CNCEC Board Chairman Jin Kening, in his turn, said that “Ammoni” project is being successfully implemented due to personal support of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov. He also confirmed that CNCEC is willing to realize other projects in Tatarstan.
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