Rustam Minnikhanov holds a number of meetings and talks at St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2014
22 May 2014, Thursday
On May 22, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with Board Chairman of Renaissance Holding Erman Ilicak within the framework of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, which is taking place at “Lenexpo” Complex on May 22-24, 2014.
The Renaissance Holding founded in 1993 is a group of companies, specializing in construction, property investment, power engineering, and trade companies. Being one of the leading companies of the Holding, “Renaissance Construction” is among 100 the best international contract companies of the world and is the largest international contractor in Turkey.
Rustam Minnikhanov noted that today the Turkish companies are running successful business at the special economic zone “Alabuga”. On the whole, Turkey is one of the main economic partners of Tatarstan, he said.
As for “Renaissance” Holding, it has a successful experience in implementation of numerous projects in the field of investment, construction, and power engineering, Rustam Minnikhanov said. According to him, Tatarstan is open for cooperation in all areas and ready to provide comprehensive support for joint projects.
Later on the same day, Rustam Minnikhanov met with Co-owner and Board Chairman of “Summa Group” Ziyavudin Magomedov.
Today, “Summa Group” is a Russian diversified private holding with significant investments in port logistics, engineering, construction, telecommunications, and the oil and gas sectors. With headquarters located in Moscow, its companies employ more than 10,000 people in almost 40 regions of Russia and abroad.
Issues of participation in the construction of Sviyazhsk interregional multimodal logistics centre in Tatarstan were discussed at the meeting.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
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