Rustam Minnikhanov meets Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu
29 April 2015, Wednesday
On April 29, Acting Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met Turkish Minister of Foreign Affairs Mevlut Cavusoglu in Ankara to discuss prospects of further bilateral cooperation.
Talking about cooperation between Russia and Islamic world, Mevlut Cavusoglu said that Kazan international summit of Islamic business and finances KazanSummit plays a big role in strengthening of these relations.
Rustam Minnikhanov thanked the minister for the meeting and noted that Russia pays much attention to economic cooperation with Muslim countries. He reminded that by the order of Russian President Vladimir Putin the group of strategic vision “Russia-Islamic world” headed by Rustam Minnikhanov started working again.
Minnikhanov added that KazanSummit is a good opportunity to demonstrate investment potential of Russian regions and readiness of Russia for developing cooperation with Islamic world.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials
On 24 April in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin held a joint meeting the Council for Enforcement of Legislation of Languages of Tatarstan and the organizational committee for celebrations of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay which summarized results of work of the regional law enforcement on official languages of the republic and considered progress of the implementation of the plan of main events for preparation and celebration of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay .
On 21 April, speaking at a briefing in the Government House of the republic, the Head of the Russian Federal Tax Service for Tatarstan Marat Safiullin said that slightly more than one week is left to file an income tax return for 2025 with the tax service. According to the results of the tax campaign 5.5.bn rubles should come to the regional budget, he said and informed who should submit declarations and who is entitled to benefits.