Minister of economic development of Azerbaijan Shakhin Abdulla ogly Mustafiev and President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov discuss issues of mutually beneficial cooperation
28 May 2011, Saturday
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Minister of economic development of Azerbaijan Shakhin Abdulla ogly Mustafiev discussed issues of mutually beneficial cooperation.
The meeting was held in residence of RT President at Kazan Kremlin. Tatarstan was presented by Director of Department for external relations under RT President Staff – Aide to RT President on international issues Iskander Muflikhanov, Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, First deputy minister of industry and trade Igor Nosov, Deputy head of RT Cabinet Staff Airat Khairullin and others.
Shakhin Abdulla ogly Mustafiev thanked Rustam Minnikhanov for warm reception and informative program within the framework of his working visit to Tatarstan. He informed that he had already visited SEZ “Alabuga” and got acquainted with facilities offered to the residents.
Minister of economic development of Azerbaijan visited production area of “Sollers” company - one of the leading residents of SEZ “Alabuga” and park in the sphere of high technologies “IT-park” in Kazan.
Shakhin Abdulla ogly Mustafiev appreciated projects and innovations being embedded in Tatarstan economy. He noted that the recent visit of RT President Rustam Minnikhanov to the capital of Azerbaijan - Baku and his meeting with President of Azerbaijan Republic Ilkham Aliev favored consolidation of brotherly relations between nations.
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.