Tatarstan President and Indian Commerce and Industry Minister discuss issues of further cooperation
18 November 2014, Tuesday
On November 18, at her meeting with Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov in New Delhi, Indian Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that Tatarstan as one of the Russian regions is well known in India.
Minnikhanov thanked the Minister for the opportunity to meet and discuss some of the issues related to further cooperation. He reminded that 50 per cent of Tatarstan products are export-oriented and include, in particular, engineering products (KAMAZ Automaker), helicopters (Kazan Helicopter Plant), shipbuilding and petrochemical products.
In particular, Minnikhanov offered to arrange a visit of the Indian businessmen to Tatarstan to see into economic potential of the region. He also suggested considering the possibility to launch Indian pharmaceutical production facilities in Tatarstan, as India is the largest medical producers.
“We have made it our mission to promote Tatarstan products to new markets and increase our supplies,” Tatarstan President noted.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
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.