Klaus Schwab suggests organizing special session dedicated to Tatarstan at the next World economic forum in Davos

RT President Rustam Minnikhanov met with President of World economic forum Klaus Schwab in St.Petersburg. The meeting took place in negotiations hall of hotel “Kempinski” (St.Petersburg, Moika, 22).

Aide to RT President on international issues – Director for Department of external relations Iskander Muflikhanov, Head of Agency for investment development Linar Yakupov took part in the event.

Klaus Schwab and Rustam Minnikhanov exchanged impressions about the last World economic forum in Davos (January 2011) and discussed questions that would be raised within the frameworks of XV annual International economic forum in St.Petersburg (June 16-18, 2011).

Klaus Schwab noted that Tatarstan as one of economically developed regions in RF “has now entered the family of Davos forum”. He suggested organizing special session dedicated to Tatarstan at the next World economic forum to present republican economy, its dynamic development and achievements in industrial sector and creation of favorable investment climate.

In the course of meeting Klaus Schwab and Rustam Minnikhanov agreed that President of World economic forum would visit Kazan with working visit in 2011.

Klaus Schwab has already visited Kazan in September 2008.