Tatarstan President meets with Consul General of Turkey in Kazan Ahmet Tuta
23 December 2010, Thursday
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with Consul General of the Republic of Turkey in Kazan Ahmet Tuta on Thursday, December 23.
Ahmet Tuta is finishing his work in the Republic of Tatarstan due to transfer to a new diplomatic post.
Many events which were significant both for Tatarstan economy and the Turkish economy happened while Ahmet Tuta was in office, Rustam Minnikhanov noted.
“What concerns Tatarstan, we always supported contacts with the Turkish Republic in economy, culture, education, healthcare and other fields,” Rustam Minnikhanov said.
He reminded that the Turkish prime minister’s visit to Tatarstan is expected.
Consul General of the Turkish Republic in Kazan Ahmet Tuta stated that the year of 2010 had been full of important events in Tatarstan-Turkey relations, mainly thanks to sincere support and attention from the Tatarstan authorities. He expressed confidence that the cooperation will develop successfully in the future.
Ahmet Tuta said he would hand over the invitation letter from Rustam Minnikhanov to the Turkish prime minister.
Ahmet Tuta thanked Rustam Minnikhanov for the assistance rendered to him during his term as the consul general of the Turkish Republic in Kazan.
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.