Tatarstan President meets new Consul General of Turkey in Kazan
23 September 2014, Tuesday
On September 23, at his meeting with new Consul General of the Republic of Turkey in Kazan Turhan Dilmaç, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov congratulated Consul General on his appointment to the post and noted that Consulate General plays an important role in relations between Tatarstan and Turkey.
According to Rustam Minnikhanov, the Republic of Turkey is the leader by the number of joint enterprises working in Tatarstan. Turkish businessmen are implementing a lot of big investment projects in Tatarstan.
Rustam Minnikhanov expressed confidence that Turhan Dilmaç would support further fruitful development of Tatarstan-Turkey relations.
Tatarstan Vice-premier – Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov, Aide to Tatarstan President on international issues Radik Gimatdinov, and representative of Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kazan Radik Vakhitov took part in the meeting.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.