Tatarstan President meets Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs
30 November 2014, Sunday
On November 30, during his working trip to Turkey, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Mayor of Ankara Melih Gökçek.
Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu and Rustam Minnikhanov had met before in Kazan, when Çavuşoğlu was Chairman of Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe and Turkish Minister for EU affairs.
At today’s meeting Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu thanked Rustam Minnikhanov for his warm reception during all his visits to Kazan, including the forum “Kazansummit-2014”.
Minnikhanov, in his turn, told the minister about development of relations between Tatarstan and Turkey since that time. In particular, he mentioned opening of two new enterprises at Alabuga Special Economic Zone, and other plants to be open by Turkish residents in the nearest time.
Çavuşoğlu noted high level of relations between Turkey and the republic and assured Minnikhanov of his willingness to facilitate strengthening of these relations.
On 12 January, congratulating employees of the prosecutor’s office with their professional holiday - Day of the employee of the Prosecutor's Office of the Russian Federation- Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin wrote in his address:
“For more than three centuries the prosecutor's office has been the guardian of state and public security as well as constitutional rights and freedoms of citizens of our country.
On 10 January, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with all municipality regions taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Marat Ayzatutllin informed that in the current year the Ministry will take part in implementation of five national projects and three state programmes with planned construction and capital overhaul of 172 facilities for the total sum of 17bn rubles.
On 10 January, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with all municipality regions taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Agriculture and Food Marat Zyabbarov informed that it is expected to achieve a comparable growth of produce of 1.5%, including that in food production - at least 2.6% in the agricultural sector.
On 4 January Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, who is the First Deputy Chairman of the Commission of prevention and elimination of emergency situation and ensuring fire safety of the republic, has taken a decision to put into operation the “Buran” (Snow storm) plan in Tatarstan starting from 2 pm on 4 January until the consequences of adverse meteorological events are eliminated by ministries, departments and organizations which ensure the smooth movement of road and rail transport in winter.