Rustam Minnikhanov meets President of National Business Association of Colombia (ANDI)
5 November 2014, Wednesday
On November 5, during his visit to Colombia (Bogota), Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met President of National Business Association of Colombia (ANDI) Bruce Mac Master. The company head office is located in Medellin.
Welcoming Tatarstan President and members of the delegation, Mac Master said: “We are very interested in entering Russian market, we need to expand our joint activity and we already have some contacts with Tatarstan companies”.
Tatarstan President told about realization of big oil, gas and engineering projects in the republic, and work of technoparks and industrial zones. He also noted that Tatarstan and Colombia are cooperating in several areas. In particular, OAO “Kazan helicopters” supplies multipurpose helicopters Mi-17-1B, and OAO “KAMAZ” supplies trucks and bus chassis to Colombia.
Aide to Tatarstan President on international and foreign economic affairs Radik Gimatdinov, Chief Executive of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Taliya Minullina, First Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Ruslan Kabirov, Board Chairman of Tatarstan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Shamil Ageev, Director General of OAO “Tatneft” Nail Maganov, First Deputy Board Chairman of OAO “AK BARS” BANK Zufar Garaev, and Marketing and Sales Director of Kazan helicopters plant Valery Pashko took part in the meeting.
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.