Rustam Minnikhanov meets Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan – the UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs
23 February 2015, Monday
On February 23, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, who is with official Russian delegation led by Minister of Industry and Trade Denis Manturov in Abu Dhabi, met Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan – the UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs, Co-Chairman of Intergovernmental Russian-Emirate Commission for Trade, Economic and Technical Cooperation.
Issues related to cooperation in the field of air traffic, industry, as well as implementation of joint projects in some areas of the economy were discussed during the meeting. Also, traditional areas of bilateral Russia-United Arab Emirates relations were touched upon.
Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan visited a number of stands of Russian companies - participants of the International Defense Exhibition IDEX-2015 (National Exhibition Centre, Abu Dhabi).
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.