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 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials
On 24 April in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin held a joint meeting the Council for Enforcement of Legislation of Languages of Tatarstan and the organizational committee for celebrations of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay which summarized results of work of the regional law enforcement on official languages of the republic and considered progress of the implementation of the plan of main events for preparation and celebration of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay .