Tatarstan President meets with Ambassador of Sri-Lanka to Russia

On June 3, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with Ambassador of Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri-Lanka to Russia Udayanga Weeratunga at the Kazan Kremlin.

Ambassador of Sri-Lanka is doing a cultural tourist tour around Russian cities with representatives of travel agencies to tell Russian citizens about Sri-Lanka.

Welcoming Udayanga Weeratunga, Rustam Minnikhanov thanked him for including Kazan in the list of cities. He noted that trade-economic relations between Tatarstan and Sri-Lanka are not well developed, and the visit of the Ambassador can give impetus to its development.

“We want our companies to promote their produce in your market, and we are also interested in products manufactured in your country. Sri-Lanka is a large manufacturer of textile and tea,” Rustam Minnikhanov said.

Tatarstan President also suggested developing cooperation in the sphere of education.

Udayanga Weeratunga, in his turn, said that Kazan helicopters are widely known and showed itself to advantage in Sri-Lanka.

The Ambassador continued that Sri-Lanka tea producers are planning to build tea packaging factories in Russia, because the taxes for importing unpacked tea are lower than retail prices, and Russia is a major consumer of Ceylon tea.

Rustam Minnikhanov offered building the factory in Tatarstan and promised to render overall support.

Summing up, the Ambassador invited Rustam Minnikhanov to visit Sri-Lanka, and Rustam Minnikhanov wished Udayanga Weeratunga a successful visit to Tatarstan.