Rustam Minnikhanov meets Governor of the Ivanovo region Pavel Konkov
14 May 2015, Thursday
On May 14, at his meeting with Governor of the Ivanovo region Pavel Konkov at the Kazan Kremlin, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that the Ivanovo region is the center of textile industry of Russia, and is also known for production of building machinery.
Minnikhanov noted that Tatarstan supplies trucks and cars, food and household products to Ivanovo. Jewelry, fabrics, furniture and meat products are brought from Ivanovo to the republic.
Under the agreement signed between Tatarstan and Ivanovo in 2009 on modernization of textile industry, construction of a plant for producing polyethyleneterephthalate in Tatarstan, and a plant for producing chemical fiber and yarns in Ivanovo is planned.
Rustam Minnikhanov noted that this project was included in the list of priority investment projects of Volga gas and petrochemical cluster.
Pavel Konkov thanked Rustam Minnikhanov for the meeting and added that there are friendly and business relations between the regions.
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.