Rustam Minnikhanov and Moroccan Minister of foreign trade Mohamed Abbou discuss issues of further cooperation

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.