Rustam Minnikhanov: Tatarstan and China have a lot of areas to establish further cooperation
21 July 2011, Thursday
How further cooperation can be developed was discussed at a meeting of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Chinese Vice-Minister of Commerce Zhong Shan on July 21.
The meeting was held at the Tatarstan House of Government.
Greeting the Chinese delegation, Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Mr Vice Minister for choosing Kazan to host the 10th meeting of the Permanent working group for interregional and cross-border cooperation of the Subcommission on trade and economic cooperation of the Russia-China commission on preparation for head of government’s regular meetings. The meeting of the Permanent working group will take place at Kazan’s IT-Park (St. Petersburg Str.) on July 22.
The Tatarstan President said he had recently visited Shanghai, China where the FINA selected the country to host the 2015/2017 FINA World Championships.
The parties agreed that Tatarstan and Chine have a lot of areas where further cooperation can be developed. Minister Zhong mentioned about the interest in mutual investments, cooperation in energy and technology spheres.
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