Rustam Minnikhanov arrives on a working visit in Ankara
29 April 2015, Wednesday
On April 29, Acting Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov arrived on a working visit in Turkey. He was met by Deputy Governor of Ankara Mehmet Ali Alutas at Ankara Esenboğa Airport.
Rustam Minnikhanov will have official meetings with heads of Turkish ministries and agencies, Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu and Mayor of Ankara Melih Gekchek. A programme of development of twin-city relations will also be signed by representatives of Kazan and Ankara Mayor’s Offices.
On April 30, Rustam Minnikhanov will meet Turkish Minister of Economy Nihat Zeybekci and visit public places of the Turkish capital to find out more about technologies used in construction and improvement of parks and boulevards.
Main events to be held during this visit are participation in Tatarstan – Turkey Business Forum and meeting with President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
The Tatarstan delegation consists of the Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov, Aide to Tatarstan President Radik Gimatdinov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, Minister of Construction Irek Faizullin and representatives of ministries and agencies.
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.