The Republic of Tatarstan and Chelyabinsk region agree on cooperation

On September 11, during the working visit of Tatarstan delegation led by Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov to Chelyabinsk, the Protocol of measures on performance of the Agreement on trade-economic, scientific-technical, social and cultural cooperation was signed between the Republic of Tatarstan and Chelyabinsk region for 2014-2017.

The document was signed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov and Chairman of Government of Chelyabinsk region Sergey Komyakov.

Opening the meeting, Sergey Komyakov said that business and economic relations should be enhanced.

“For the last few years trade turnover between our regions has increased eight times. We have adopted your best practices, and we would like to visit Tatarstan and Kazan,” Komyakov said.

Ildar Khalikov, in his turn, said that Tatarstan and Chelyabinsk have many areas of potential cooperation, such as agriculture, industry, and processing. “At the same time, we need to take joint efforts to create favourable conditions for businesses and enhance industrial cooperation,” the Prime Minister noted.

The parties agreed on developing close and favourable relations between the regions.

Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Akhmetov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Rashat Fattakhov, representative of Tatarstan in Sverdlovsk region Rinat Sadriev, Aide to Tatarstan Prime Minister on foreign economic activity Nazil Nasibulin took part in the signing ceremony.