Rustam Minnikhanov: “Tatarstan and Mersin have many opportunities for cooperation”
28 October 2014, Tuesday
On October 28, at his meeting with business delegation of Mersin province led by Chairman of Chamber of Commerce and Industry Mr. Şerafettin Aşut, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that the Republic of Tatarstan and Mersin province have good potential for cooperation in many spheres.
Rustam Minnikhanov welcomed members of the delegation and personally Şerafettin Aşut and thanked them for assistance in organization of the visit of Tatarstan delegation to Mersin in May 2014. The President noted that cooperation between Tatarstan and Turkey is actively developing and Turkey takes the first place by the number of enterprises with foreign participation in Tatarstan.
Tatarstan President told about cooperation between Turkey and Tatarstan and mutual visits of delegations. He also thanked consulate-general of Turkey in Kazan for active assistance in development of relations.
Rustam Minnikhanov assured Turkish businessmen that all projects implemented in the republic would obtain maximum support of regional leadership.
Members of Turkish delegation, in their turn, told about their companies and areas of cooperation they are interested in.
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
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.