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”.
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