Rustam Minnikhanov meets Saudi Arabia Vice-Premier – Minister of Defence Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud
18 June 2015, Thursday
On June 18, at his meeting with Saudi Arabia Vice-Premier – Minister of Defence Mohammad bin Salman Al Saud in St.Petersburg, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that Tatarstan is interested in developing economic partnership with Saudi Arabia.
“We are grateful to leaders of our countries for the given opportunity to develop cooperation within the framework of friendly relations between Russia and Saudi Arabia,” Minnikhanov said.
He continued that a session of the Russia-Islamic World Strategic Vision Group with the participation of Russian Minister of Internal Affairs Sergei Lavrov and OIC Secretary General Mr Madani was held in Moscow on June 11, 2015.
Rustam Minnikhanov told about economic potential of the republic, and supply of regional industrial products, including those of KAMAZ company, helicopters, ships, gas and oil producing equipment.
Tatarstan President's Press Office, Elena Britvina
On May 26, speaking at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic held in a videoconference mode with participation of all municipal regions of Tatarstan and focused on events scheduled for June 1, International Children’s Day, as well as the implementation of the “Summer in Tatarstan” programme, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva appealed that parents should closely supervise their children during recreational activities near water in order to prevent accidents.
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.