Indian Minister of External Affairs: Interregional contacts will widen opportunities for our cooperation
18 November 2014, Tuesday
On November 18, in New Delhi, at his meeting with Indian Minister of External Affairs Sushma Swaraj, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov offered to consider the possibility to hold a regular meeting of the Russia-India intergovernmental commission on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation in Kazan.
Welcoming the guests Sushma Swaraj said that India and Russia have long-standing relations. She reminded that a regular meeting of the Russia-India intergovernmental commission on trade, economic, scientific, technical and cultural cooperation was held in India in November. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, has visited India recently and it is expected that Russian President Vladimir Putin will pay his visit to the country in December.
She stressed that her country's leadership is interested in establishing relations with Russian regions. Interregional contacts will widen opportunities for our cooperation, Mrs. Sushma Swaraj said.
During their meeting Minnikhanov and Sushma Swaraj discussed issues related to cooperation in the field of tourism, industry and trade, petrochemistry and oil refining.
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.