Rustam Minnikhanov: KazanSummit is a good opportunity to demonstrate the economic opportunities and investment potential of our country with Tatarstan as an example
15 June 2015, Monday
On June 15, speaking at the strategic forum “Islamic finance for constructive global trade and investment” held within the framework of the KazanSummit 2015, Interim Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that the republic is going to develop the Islamic financing and Kazan has become an effective site for exchanging views on this issue over the past years. He reminded that it is for the seventh time that Kazan has hosted this forum aimed at the development of economic cooperation between Russia and the Islamic world.
«KazanSummit is a good opportunity to demonstrate the economic opportunities and investment potential of our great country with Tatarstan as an example, to show our openness and willingness to be engaged in a dialogue under new political and economic conditions. The KazanSummit contributes to establishing new contacts, concluding agreements on specific projects,” Minnikhanov said.
According to him, Russia attaches great importance to respect for peace and harmony between peoples, which is proved by establishing the Russia – the Islamic World strategic vision group. By the order of Russian President Vladimir Putin Rustam Minnikhanov heads the group.
Minnikhanov went on to say that the first meeting of the group was held in Moscow on June 11, 2015 . In his message to its participants, Putin announced that the states of the Islamic world are the most important partners of Russia in promoting dialogue between the cultures. According to Minnikhanov, Russian President also stressed that the strategic vision group will contribute to enhancing mutual understanding and trust between countries and peoples, setting values of justice, tolerance and humanity throughout the world.
"I am sure that the KazanSummit 2015 will further strengthen economic, trade and investment cooperation between Russia and the Islamic world, cooperation in the field of Islamic financing and banking, " Minnikhanov summed up.
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.
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