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The meeting was held in Ashgabat during the official visit of the Tatarstan’s delegation headed by Rustam Minnikhanov to Turkmenistan.

It was attended by Minister of Agriculture and animal husbandry of the Republic of Turkey Mehmet Mehdi Eker, Chief Secretary for Administration of the President of Turkey Mustafa Isen, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Naci Koru, Member of Parliament of the Turkey Mustafa Kapudzhu. From the Republic of Tatarstan the meeting attended by Vice Prime Minister - Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov, Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov, Minister of Transport and Road Lenar Safin.

Mr. Minnikhanov noted that Turkey is the first by joint ventures with foreign participation in the Republic of Tatarstan. For example in the special economic zone «Alabuga» Turkish investment volume is about 1.5 billion dollars. Tatarstan President underscored that the Turkish companies, whose production has been placed on the territory of «Alabuga» recently took an active part in the meeting of the Consultative Council on Foreign Investment, chaired by First Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov.

Trade-economic, scientific-technical and cultural cooperation between the parties discussed during the official visit of the delegation of the Republic of Tatarstan in Turkmenistan.

At a bilateral meeting with the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov Mr. Minnikhanov expressed confidence that the visit of Tatarstan delegation will promote further development of relations between the parties in various fields.

In a more extended composition – with the participation of Tatarstan’s profile companies – were presented opportunities for cooperation between Turkmenistan and Tatarstan in the fields of engineering, aviation, shipbuilding and petrochemical industries.

During the two-day visit the head of the region met with President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov, President of Turkey Abdullah Gul, held a series of business meetings and participated in the celebrations dedicated to the Feast of the Turkmen Horse.

The delegation of the Republic includes the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan Alexey Pesoshin, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan Ravil Zaripov, Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov, Minister of Transport and Roads of the Republic of Tatarstan Lenar Safin.

Among the leaders of Tatarstan enterprises Turkmenistan visited JSC «Tatneft» CEO Nail Maganov, Chairman of the Board of Directors of JSC «Nizhnekamskneftekhim» Vladimir Bulgakov, JSC «KAMAZ» CEO Sergey Kogoghin and others.

The meeting, which was held last Friday at the site of a special economic zone, was attended by President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.

In the working discussions chaired by the Deputy Prime Minister Igor Shuvalov also attended Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov, Minister of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan Adel Vafin, Minister of Economy of the Republic of Tatarstan Midhat Shagiakhmetov and several other heads of regional departments and agencies.

Starting the meeting was preceded by a presentation of investment opportunities of SEZ «Alabuga» with the participation of special areas’ foreign investors: about the business development in the Republic of Tatarstan told representatives of Armstrong, 3M «Kastamonu Integrated Wood Industry». The leadership of foreign investor companies shared their opinions about the benefits of a special economic zone and the opportunities offered to foreign businesses by the Republic of Tatarstan.

Kazan satellite towns became the topic for discussion at the GALA-meeting in the IX Kazan Venture Fair.

Before the fair’s plenary session was held the view of exposition by the President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. It was also attended by the Executive Director of the Russian Venture Capital Association Albina Nikkonen, «Rosnano» Fund for Infrastructure and Educational Programs CEO Andrey Swinarenko, Russian Venture Company CEO Igor Agamirzyan and other guests.

In the exhibition of IX Kazan Venture Fair participated 38 projects initiated by the companies from Kazan, Naberezhnye Chelny, Yelabuga, Moscow, St. Petersburg, Krasnodar Region and Poland. As part of exhibitors from the Republic of Tatarstan were the Kazan satellite towns – Kazan Smart City and Innopolis.

The initiator of the first such event in the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan with the support of Kazan City Hall acts the operator of Kazan Smart City project – JSC «Tatarstan Development Corporation», together with the Organizing Committee of the VI International Economic Summit in Russia and the OIC countries (KazanSummit 2014).

Capital of Tatarstan, to become the third Russian city, where to host forum on issues of urban development and improvement, as well as the integrated development of territories. Prior to this, this event was hold only in Moscow and St. Petersburg.

Prerequisite to be holding in Kazan the Urban Forum was the active development of Kazan agglomeration, expressed in the concept of «Big Kazan», which includes such large-scale projects as Kazan Smart City, Innopolis and Aerotropolis.

Business program of event include the discussion, related to the implementation of the Federal Law on the contract system in procurement, transparency and mechanisms to improve the efficiency of public procurement under the conditions of the contract system, as well as organizational and financial aspects of regional procurement.

Organizers of the forum, which opened today in Moscow «Crocus Expo», are: «SUPPORT OF RUSSIA», Moscow Association of Entrepreneurs, Russia People's Front «For fair procurement» project, Guild of national experts on state and municipal orders. The forum is supported by the Government of the Russian Federation and the Government of Moscow under the patronage of the Chamber of Commerce in Russia.

The plenary session of the event was attended by President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov.

Organizer of the conference, which will be held April 23-24 in Tatarstan, together with the Dutch innovative regions network The Technopolicy Network supported by the Ministry of Economic Development of Russia is the Association of Innovative Regions of Russia (AIRR).

The conference was attended by delegations from several European regions, representatives of science and technology parks, small and medium business, and engineering centers. From Russia participates the representatives of 13 AIRR regions, federal ministries, the ministries and departments of the Republic of Tatarstan, the leaders of the regional innovation infrastructure facilities, universities and institutes of development.

The event, organized for state and municipal leaders in the region, started on April 22 in «Korston».

The seminar attended by President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, «Sberbank of Russia» Chairman German Gref, the Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan Ildar Khalikov, heads of ministries, departments and municipalities of the republic.

«I am confident that this program is very popular, - said at the opening ceremony Mr. Minnikhanov. - To be competitive today, you must know the best international practices, and this meeting gives us that opportunity. I am convinced that today for the competitiveness skills are necessary, to be ready for what will be in the world in two years, and ten years later and we are very grateful to Sberbank for this seminar».

Yesterday at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the Republic of Tatarstan Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Chief Executive Linar Yakupov, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of the Republic of Tatarstan Ruslan Kabirov and Chamber of Commerce of the Republic of Tatarstan Chairman Shamil Ageev summed up the working visit of the region delegation led by Rustam Minnikhanov in China.

During the visit, which lasted from April 15 to 18, Tatarstan delegates visited Urumqi, Beijing, Hong Kong and held about 20 meetings with Chinese representatives. This trip resulted with a number of signed agreements and arrangements about the elaboration of the opportunities for joint investment projects. Tatarstan Investment Development Agency signed a memorandum of cooperation with one of the world leaders in the manufacture of transformers and electric equipment - the TBEA Chinese Company. As noted Linar Yakupov, currently TBEA is working on the organization of the working visit to the Republic of Tatarstan.