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 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.