Rustam Minnikhanov and Moroccan Minister of foreign trade Mohamed Abbou discuss issues of further cooperation
15 April 2015, Wednesday
On April 15, at his meeting with Moroccan Minister of foreign trade Mohamed Abbou, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov told about development of foreign trade relations of the republic with Arabic countries.
He reminded that by the order of Russian President Vladimir Putin Russia-Islamic World Strategic Vision Group headed by Rustam Minnikhanov started working again.
“Morocco is a very interesting country with rich history. We are attentively following your development,” Rustam Minnikhanov said. He added that there are many interesting areas of cooperation between Tatarstan and Morocco, such as agricultural industry, high technologies and other spheres.
Minnikhanov invited guests from Morocco to the international economic summit KazanSummit-2015 that will be held in June.
Mohamed Abbou, in his turn, said that Morocco is interested in developing bilateral cooperation with the republic as one of the leading regions in Russia.
Deputy Prime Minister of the republic – Minister of Information and Communications Roman Shaikhutdinov, Chief of Staff of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Taliya Minulliina and representatives of Moroccan delegation took part in the meeting.
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.
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