Germany embassy minister meets with Tatarstan deputy industry and trade minister
26 February 2009, Thursday
The Tatarstan deputy industry and trade minister Linar Latypov has met with the regional plenipotentiary of the Embassy of Germany in Russia, minister Joerg Kirsch.
The purpose of the visit to Tatarstan is to investigate the present condition and prospects for cooperation between Tatarstan and Germany on all the main areas, including commerce and economy. The attendees discussed possible expansion of cooperation.
According to the ministry’s press service, Linar Latypov held a presentation of Tatarstan’s economic and investment potential. He noted that FRG was an active economic partner of Tatarstan, ranking 8th among its top 100 trading allies. In 2008, trade between Tatarstan and Germany was 540.4 million euros.
On 20 January in the evening Russian President Vladimir Putin called Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev and congratulated him with his birthday. During the conversation Vladimir Putin stated that he is happy to hear bright voice of Mintimer (Sharipovich) and wished him good health and all the best.
On 20 January, congratulating Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev with his birthday, the Chairman of the Russian Government Mikhail Mishustin wrote in his telegramme: “Being a famous and political leader, you have made a substantial contribution into modern development of Tatarstan and have earned the deep respect and gratitude of residents of the republic.
On January 20, the First President of Tatarstan, State Counsellor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev celebrates its 89 birthday.
He received numerous congratulations from the state and regional leaders, public figures, figures in science, education and culture and residents of the country and Tatarstan.
On 16 October in the Kazan Kremlin Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaymiev, who is also the Chairman of the Trustees Council of the regional Revival Fund, had a meeting with the Director General of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky, who came to Kazan to take part in a ceremony of opening a new exposition “The Yusupovs. Luxury across the Centuries” at the Hermitage Kazan Exposition Center and which has been prepared especially for the 20th anniversary of the Hermitage’s first representational centre established in 2005 by celebrations of the Kazan Millennium.
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