On April 29, during his working trip to Ankara, Acting Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu. Ambassador of Russia to Turkey Andrei Karlov, Tatarstan Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, and other members of the Tatarstan delegation took part in the meeting. Ahmet Davutoğlu welcomed Rustam Minnikhanov and members of the Tatarstan delegation and noted that relations with Tatarstan are very important for Turkey.
Rustam Minnikhanov said that development of cooperation with Turkey in the sphere of health care, small and medium-size business is one of priority areas for the republic. He noted that Mayors of Kazan and Ankara signed a Programme of development of twin-city relations today. It will give impetus to strengthening relations between Tatarstan and Turkey, Rustam Minnikhanov added.
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.