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 May 26, speaking at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic held in a videoconference mode with participation of all municipal regions of Tatarstan and focused on events scheduled for June 1, International Children’s Day, as well as the implementation of the “Summer in Tatarstan” programme, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva appealed that parents should closely supervise their children during recreational activities near water in order to prevent accidents.
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.