Agreement on cooperation signed between the Republic of Tatarstan and the South Moravian Region

On September 26, during the working trip of Tatarstan delegation to Czech Republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Governor of the South Moravian region Michal Hašek signed Agreement on cooperation between the Republic of Tatarstan and the South Moravian Region in Brno.

The signing ceremony was held at the Administration of South Moravian region within the framework of the meeting of Tatarstan delegation with the local leadership.

During the meeting Mr Hašek noted that Tatarstan is the example for the South Moravian region in many spheres. Being an agricultural region, as well as Tatarstan, the South Moravian region is aimed at economic development based on highly educated personnel. Science, development and innovations are potential areas of cooperation.

Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Michal Hašek for the opportunity to visit South Moravian region and friendly atmosphere. He noted that prospective areas of cooperation are light industry, machine tool building, engineering, technologies education and tourism.

“The agreement will favour competitiveness of our regions, development of business interaction, and strengthening of friendly relations between Russia and Czech Republic,” Tatarstan President said.

Later on, in his interview with media representatives Michal Hašek confirmed that Russia and Tatarstan are reliable partners of Czech Republic, and difficult political situation between Russia and EU would not affect regional cooperation and friendship between Tatarstan and Czech Republic.