Tatarstan and India can cooperate in several areas

On November 18, at their meeting in Delhi (India), Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Indian Minister of Chemical Industry and Fertilizers Anantha Kumar agreed that Tatarstan and India can organize cooperation in the sphere of chemistry and petrochemistry, and supply of fertilizers.

Minnikhanov suggested considering opportunities of cooperation in this prospective area. He also told about realization of the project - OAO “Ammony” (Mendeleevsk, Tatarstan).

Chairman of OAO “Ammony” Rinat Khanbikov told about the project in details.

Rustam Minnikhanov also said that Tatarstan is one of the biggest gas consumers.

Representatives of Indian Ministry of Chemical Industry and Fertilizers told about activity of three main departments, - department of chemistry and petrochemistry, department of fertilizers, and department of pharmaceuticals, and said that they are willing to cooperate with Tatarstan.

According to Minnikhanov, pharmacology is one of perspective areas of cooperation, because India is a large producer of pharmaceuticals. Also, Tatarstan President suggested creating a working group of Tatarstan and Indian officials to study perspective areas of cooperation, and invited Indian businessmen to Tatarstan.