Tatarstan President meets with Special Advisor to Japanese Prime Minister Eiichi Hasegawa

On June 15, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with Special Advisor to Japanese Prime Minister Eiichi Hasegawa at the Kazan Kremlin.

Opening the meeting, Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Mr. Hasegawa for his return visit to Tatarstan and meeting held within the framework of VI Russia-Japan Investment Forum in Tokyo. To the point, Tatarstan President was on a working visit to Japan on March 19-20, 2014.

Addressing the guests, Tatarstan President said that very informative meetings were held within the framework of the forum. “The programme was very interesting, we studied the experience of industrial territories in Yokohama," Rustam Minnikhanov said.

“We worked effectively, however, there was some tension because of the events in the Ukraine. Nevertheless, we are implementing the business projects that we had before. The political crisis should be resolved in a diplomatic way. We hope that the parties will find a mutually acceptable solution in the near future,” Rustam Minnikhanov said.

"I would like to say that the relations between Russian and Japan have expanded in the last ten years. Tatarstan takes a good position as well, including turnover, joint projects and the expansion of investment cooperation," Tatarstan President pointed out.

Tatarstan Vice Prime Minister – Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov, Aide to Tatarstan President on International Affairs Radik Gimatdinov, Rector of Kazan (Volga Region) Federal University Ilshat Gafurov, Chairman of Tatarstan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Shamil Ageev and other officials took part in the meeting.