Rustam Minnikhanov: Tatarstan and Bashkortostan enterprises should cooperate more actively
2 September 2015, Wednesday
On September 2, in his interview after a roundtable “Expansion of regional chemical and petrochemical products in capital construction” that was held during Tatarstan Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Forum 2015 in Kazan, Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said that Tatarstan and Bashkortostan enterprises should cooperate more actively.
Participants of the roundtable discussed prospects of chemical and petrochemical products manufactured by Tatarstan enterprises.
Speaking to journalists about results of the session, Head of Bashkortostan Rustem Khamitov said that Tatarstan and Bashkortostan should cooperate in the sphere of the use of new materials and production scale-up more actively.
“Today we see that Tatarstan and Bashkortostan scientists and innovative companies do not work together whereas our republics can promote their joint products in Volga Federal District and Ural Federal District. This is what we need now,” Rustem Khamitov summarized. Also, he mentioned creation of joint oil, gas and petrochemical cluster.
On 3 July at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and trade representatives of Russia to foreign countries discussed current trade and economic interaction of the republic with foreign partners, issues of export activities of enterprises of the republic, promotion of Tatarstan produce to foreign markets and development of new niches, issues of logistics and the development in inter-regional ties.
On 1 July in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin held a meeting of organizational committee for preparing an international forum ROSTKI: Russia-China mutually beneficial cooperation, where he said that the forum will be held for the third time in the republic. “It is the largest business platform uniting representatives of business, state power and community of two countries. Since its establishment the forum has proved itself to be an efficient tool for the development of economic cooperation between Russian regions and Chinese provinces, facilitating the implementation of joint investments projects and creating promising productions,” he said.
On 28 June, speaking at a regular meeting in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said there will be a number of public events in the coming week and their organizers together with law-enforcement bodies should ramp up security measures.
On 26 June in his address on the occasion of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Tatarstan First Deputy Prime Minister Rustam Nigmatullin, who is also the Chairman of Anti-Drug Commission of the republic, said: “On 26 June the world community celebrates the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking the main aim of which is to attract attention of all states and the world community to this problem.