Agreement on cooperation signed between Tatarstan and Kurgan region
26 February 2015, Thursday
On February 26, during his working trip to Kurgan region, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met Governor of Kurgan region Aleksey Kokorin where they discussed results of the visit of the official Tatarstan delegation to the region.
Later on, representatives of authorities of the two regions took part in the meeting.
Kokorin thanked Tatarstan President for the visit on behalf of the Government of Kurgan region. He believes that Kurgan region and Tatarstan have a huge potential for cooperation in many economic sectors.
Minnikhanov thanked Kokorin for a warm reception of the delegation and interesting itinerary and noted that exchange of experience in different spheres will be useful.
An agreement on trade-economic, scientific-technical, social and cultural cooperation was signed between Tatarstan and Kurgan region at the end of the meeting.
Kokorin said that the “road map” on realization of the agreement would be developed later.
Minnikhanov said he was willing to share the experience in the sphere of electronic government and promote interests of the regions on the federal level in the sphere of health care, housing and utilities sector and taxation.
Heads of the two regions announced that they would do their best to help Tatarstan and Kurgan region to become beneficial and interesting partners.
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