Rustam Minnikhanov: Relations between Tatarstan and Chuvash Republic gained new impetus
15 March 2011, Tuesday
Signing agreement between Tatarstan and Chuvash Republic about friendship and cooperation may give new impetus to development of partnership relations between two neighboring regions of Russian Federation. This was announced by RT President Rustam Minnikhanov in Kazan Kremlin while summing up results of working trip of President of Chuvash Republic Mikhail Ignatiev to Tatarstan.
Mikhail Ignatiev visited greenhouse complex “Maiski”, technopolis “Himgrad”, IT-park and Kazan University and met with RT President Rustam Minnikhanov in Kazan Kremlin.
Head за Tatarstan thanked President of Chuvashia for having agreed to visit republic.
Rustam Minnikhanov hopes that relationships between Tatarstan and Chuvashia will become systematic in future. Mikhail Ignatiev noted that successful development of Tatarstan economy positively influences Chuvash Republic.
President of Chuvashia was rather interested in positive experience of Tatarstan in the sphere of high technologies.
On finishing the meeting Rustam Minnikhanov and Mikhail Ignatiev signed agreement about friendship and cooperation between Tatarstan and Chuvash Republic.
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.