Rustam Minnikhanov at the meeting with Azerbaijan President: When we arrive in Baku we always see something new and positive

On April 14, at his meeting with Azerbaijan President Ilham Aliyev, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that he always sees something new and positive when he arrives in Baku. Ilham Aliyev welcomed the guests and said that it is important to intensify efforts for closer cooperation between Azerbaijan and Tatarstan. He reminded that the assembly production of KAMAZ trucks will open at Ganja Auto Plant.

Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Ilham Aliyev for his help in organization of the visit of Tatarstan delegation to Azerbaijan. He reminded that he visited Baku in March 2011 and since then the city has greatly changed. He thanked leadership of Azerbaijan for good attitude to Tatars living there.

Minnikhanov told about business meetings and negotiations that were held in Baku noting that they will favour strengthening the relations and expansion of economic interaction between Tatarstan and Azerbaijan.

Cooperation between Tatarstan and Azerbaijan has been realized for many years and Azerbaijan-Tatarstan intergovernmental commission on trade-economic, scientific-technical and cultural cooperation is working. There is a representative office of the Republic of Tatarstan in Azerbaijan (Baku). 25 enterprises with participation of Azerbaijan investments work in Tatarstan.