President of Tatarstan met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany in RF

Tatarstan experience in ensuring interethnic concord is interesting for Germany. This was announced today by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany in RF Ulrich Branderburg at the meeting with President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.

The meeting was held in Naberezhnie Chelny with participation of RT Minister of industry and trade Ravil Zaripov, Director of Dept. of external relations under RT President - Aide to RT President on international issues Iskander Muflikhanov, Director General of JSC “Tatneft” Shafagat Takhautdinov.

By words of Ulrich Branderburg he was appointed to the post of ambassador in April 2010 and it is his first visit to Tatarstan. Rustam Minnikhanov, in his turn, informed about his recent working visit to Saxony. RT President asked Mr Branderburg say words of gratitude to PM of Saxony Stanislav Tillikh for warm welcome.

Rustam Minnikhanov informed that 46 joint enterprises with participation of German capital are functioning in Tatarstan and republican companies have major projects with German partners. Plant “Preiss-daimler” is functioning in special economic zone “Alabuga”, Nizhnekamskshina cooperates with «Continental» company, “KAMAZ” also has joint projects with German enterprises.

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Germany in RF told that Germany has practical interest towards Tatarstan. By words of Mr Branderburg in mid-June 2011 delegation of German deputies is going to visit Russia. They are interested in issues of interethnic concord in Russia, thus they would like to visit Tatarstan in order to get acquainted with positive experience of republic.