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 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.