Tatarstan President meets with Ambassador of Egypt to Russia
11 June 2014, Wednesday
On June 11, at their meeting in Kazan, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Ambassador of Egypt to Russia Mohamed Elbadri discussed prospects of cooperation between Tatarstan and Egypt. At a video conference that was held later on, Mohamed Elbadri said that participants of the meeting agreed that two republics have high potential to develop bilateral relations.
“We have discussed the ways to consolidate relations between the Arab Republic of Egypt and the Republic of Tatarstan. We see high potential for developing our bilateral relations in the sphere of tourism, trade and investments,” Mohamed Elbadri said.
The Ambassador continued that during the meeting he offered Tatarstan President to conclude brotherly agreement between Hurghada and Kazan, and Rustam Minnikhanov supported the idea.
Tatarstan Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov, Aide to Tatarstan President on international issues Radik Gimatdinov, and Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin took part in the meeting.
On 1 April Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Russian Minister of Healthcare Mikhail Murashko introduced Ayrat Farrakhov, who was appointed the Acting Rector of Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) to its staff.
In his speech Mikhail Murashko emphasized that today KSMU is rightfully considered one of the most respected in the country and said:”Ayrat (Zakievich) has been officially appointed the Acting Rector and I am sure that under his leadership the University will maintain the positions it has achieved and, of course, will continue its development.”
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.