Tatarstan President meets with Vice-President of Uruguay
14 July 2014, Monday
On July 14, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with Vice President of Uruguay, Chairman of the General Assembly (Parliament) of Uruguay Danilo Astori. Minister of Industry, Energy and Mining of Uruguay Roberto Kreimerman also took part in the meeting.
Welcoming Mr. Astori, Rustam Minnikhanov said that he is glad of an opportunity to learn more about Uruguay, get familiar with its social and economic, scientific, technical and cultural development, look into the possibilities of economic cooperation, and establish business contacts. Tatarstan President noted that the apparent mutual interest between the two regions will undoubtedly allow finding a lot of areas to implement joint projects.
Rustam Minnikhanov said he is sure that the international conference, which opened today in Montevideo, will give an additional impetus to the development of friendly relations and cooperation between Russia and Uruguay, and strengthen relations between the regions.
Vice-President of Uruguay also noted the growing interest of Uruguay to the Russian Federation.
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.