Rustam Minnikhanov: Cooperation between Tatarstan and Sverdlovsk region is useful for our regions
19 March 2011, Saturday
Being two of the most developed regions in Russia, Tatarstan and Sverdlovsk regions have many areas for mutually beneficial cooperation that are to be developed. This was said by RT President Rustam Minnikhanov at the meeting with Governor of Sverdlovsk region Aleksandr Misharin in Kazan Kremlin.
Within the limits of trip to Kazan delegation of Sverdlovsk region visited Universiade village, educational centre of high medical technologies and IT-park.
The governor Aleksandr Misharin met with RT President Rustam Minnikhanov in Kazan Kremlin and signed plan of actions on realizing Agreement between Tatarstan Republic and Sverdlovsk region about cooperation in commercial and economic, scientific-technological, ecological, humanitarian, cultural and other spheres dated as of September, 25, 2010 for 2011-2014.
President of Tatarstan reminded that lately he visited Sverdlovsk region twice and got acquainted with advanced experience of the region.
According to R. Minnikhanov, important result of the meeting is that authorities of Tatarstan and Sverdlovsk regions established personal contacts.
Governor of Sverdlovsk region thanked Rustam Minnikhanov for hospitable reception and noted that members of delegation were impressed by what they had seen. By his words, Sverdlovsk region was interested in Tatarstan experience. In particular, the region is going to use groundwork of republic in the sphere of “Electronic government” and rendering state services in electronic format. Work of special economic zone “Alabuga” also seems to be rather attractive to Ural region as far as the same special economic zone appeared in Sverdlovsk region.
Aleksandr Misharin confirmed the intention of authorities to hold federal Sabantui on the highest level.
Summing up the meeting Governor of Sverdlovsk region called Tatarstan one of the most dynamically developing regions.
Aleksandr Misharin thanked President of Tatarstan for support in realization of project high-speed railway main line “Moscow - Ekaterinburg”.
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.