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 12 January, congratulating employees of the prosecutor’s office with their professional holiday - Day of the employee of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation- Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin wrote in his address:
“For more than three centuries the prosecutor's office has been the guardian of state and public security as well as constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens of our country.
On 10 January, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with all municipality regions taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Marat Ayzatutllin informed that in the current year the Ministry will take part in implementation of five national projects and three state programmes with planned construction and capital overhaul of 172 facilities for the total sum of 17bn rubles.
On 10 January, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with all municipality regions taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Zyabbarov informed that it is expected to achieve a comparable growth of produce of 1.5%, including that in food production - at least 2.6% in the agricultural sector.
On 4 January Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, who is the First Deputy Chairman of the Commission of prevention and elimination of emergency situation and ensuring fire safety of the republic, has taken a decision to put into operation the “Buran” (Snow storm) plan in Tatarstan starting from 2 pm on 4 January until the consequences of adverse meteorological events are eliminated by ministries, departments and organizations which ensure the smooth movement of road and rail transport in winter.