Ildar Khalikov meets with Managing Director of Euromoney Group Neil Osborn
23 May 2014, Friday
On May 23, at their meeting within the framework of XVIII St. Petersburg International Economic Forum Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov and Managing Director of Euromoney Group Neil Osborn discussed issues of cooperation between Tatarstan and Euromoney in some areas.
To the point, this year, the forum, being held at “Lenexpo” complex on May 22-24, 2014, is dedicated to the topic “Sustaining confidence in a world undergoing transformation and.
Ildar Khalikov thanked Neil Osborn for his showing interest in Tatarstan as one of the Russian regions. He said that Tatarstan economy continues to actively develop, improving the image of its capital, Kazan. The Universiade 2013 played a great role in changing the image of the city, he added.
Neil Osborn, in his turn, reminded that Euromoney has already had experience in implementing projects with Tatarstan, and expressed his hope for further development of cooperation. He also noted that the publishing group Euromoney is one of the largest companies in Europe, covering the activities of the financial world. One of the divisions of the company specializes in organizing international financial and economic conferences and forums and works closely with governments in Western and Eastern Europe, the Middle East and South America.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
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