Rustam Minnikhanov meets with Board Chairman of Tiryakiler Group Mehmet Tiryaki
29 April 2014, Tuesday
On April 29, at their meeting at Tatarstan Government House, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Board Chairman of Tiryakiler Group Mehmet Tiryaki discussed implementation of joint projects in Tatarstan and prospects of cooperation.
Welcoming the guests, Rustam Minnikhanov noted that such companies as Tirsan Kardan show a good example of cooperation between Turkey and Russia.
Mehmet Tiryaki, in his turn, thanked Tatarstan President for support of investment projects in the republic. “It is very important for us and our customers. Implementation of joint projects in Tatarstan may give impetus to development of mutually beneficial cooperation,” he said.
Director General of Tirsan Kardan (Turkey) Cihanser Ertunç, Director General of Tirsan Kardan (Russia) Ismail Aliev, Tatarstan Vice-Premier – Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov, Aide to Tatarstan President Radik Gimatdinov, Acting Director General of OOO “Gasprom Transgas Kazan” and Acting Director General of OOO “KIP “Master” Farid Zakirov took part in the meeting.
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.
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.