Ildar Khalikov: Our main task is to preserve and develop cultural and spiritual traditions of Tatarstan peoples
28 May 2015, Thursday
On May 28,at Tatarstan Goverment House, Tatarstan Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan held a meeting with presidents of the World Turkic Academy and Turkish Academy of Sciences. Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Tatarstan Engel Fattakhov and President of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences Myakzyum Salakhov participted in the event.
Welcoming the guests, Ildar Khalikov emphasized that preserving and developing cultural and spiritual traditions of Tatarstan peoples is one of the most important tasks. “I am very glad that the necessity of carrying out such work is outlined. Although, there are many people to approve assimilation”, he added.
Ildar Khalikov highly appreciated the work of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences in strengthening national identity. “We have a great experience of cooperation with Kazakh colleagues that has been existing for decades.
“Similar collaboration between Academy of Sciences of the republic of Tatarstan and Turkish Academy of Sciences is being established nowadays. We should work out new projects to strengthen mutual cooperation. The World Turkic Academy and Turkish Academy of Sciences are well-known educational institutions”, Ildar Khalikov concluded.
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.