Tatarstan delegation takes part in XV annual International economic forum in St.Petersburg
17 June 2011, Friday
RT delegation led by the President Rustam Minnikhanov is in St.Petersburg to take part in work of XV annual International economic forum (June 16-18, 2011).
Tatarstan delegation is composed of Aide to RT President on international issues – Director for Department of external relations Iskander Muflikhanov, Director-general of JSC “Tatneft” Shafagat Takhautdinov, Chairman of “Ak Bars” Bank executive board Robert Minnegaleev, Head of Agency for investment development Linar Yakupov and RT Minister of education and science Albert Gilmutdinov.
Members of RT delegation will take part in official opening of XV annual International economic forum (complex “Lenexpo”, congress hall), plenary session “Ensuring global economic growth. Leaders of new era”. Speech of RF President Dmitry Medvedev is planned within the frameworks of plenary session. The session “New ways of ensuring energy safety” with participation of RF President Dmitry Medvedev and heads of the largest world energy corporations will be held within the limits of forum.
Besides work at XV annual International economic forum Head of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov is going to have some meetings in the course of working trip to St.Petersburg. Thus, on June 17 Rustam Minnikhanov meets with Governor of Krasnoyarsk region Lev Kuznetsov, officials of infrastructure fund “Makkuari capital”. RT President will also be interviewed by information agencies “ITAR-TASS” and RIA “News”.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials