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Residents of Naberezhniye Chelny had a chance to express respect and congratulate KAMAZ-Master team members on the victory in Dakar-2009 rally. Right after they had arrived in the city, the winners headed for "Azatlyk" square.

January 23, the delegation of Finland, headed by the Lahti technology park’s environmental cluster project director Salem Banafa, held a meeting in the Tatarstan’s Alabuga special economic zone. The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the possibility of cooperation with Finland in energy infrastructure development, particularly, in heat supplies, energy saving and other services.

January 23, Boris Gryzlov, the Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation visits the Republic of Tatarstan.

The delegation of the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan took part in the solemn events, devoted to TURKSOY International Institution jubilee, which was held in the capital of Turkish Republic - Ankara.

January 22, the meeting of republican Council for priority national project "Education" in the Republic of Tatarstan was held in Kazan in the conference-hall of the RT Ministry of education and science.

Tatarstan Minister of Internal Affairs Asgat Safarov met with a delegation of Germany’s federal Internal Affairs Ministry. Issues of cooperation and experience exchange on counteraction to Islamic extremism were discussed at the meeting.

A session of the Republican public movement "Tatarstan - New Century" was held at the National-Cultural Center "Kazan" on January 22.

An inter-government protocol on measures on cooperation development in 2009-2010 was signed on January 21 in Minsk between the Republic of Belarus and the Republic of Tatarstan (Russia). Tatarstan Prime Minister Rustam Minnikhanov and Belarus Prime Minister Sergei Sidorsky signed the document.

January 21, Tatarstan and the Gomel Region, Belarus, signed a memorandum of cooperation on trade, economy, science and technology. The document was endorsed by the Prime Minister of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Gomel Executive Committee chief Alexander Yakobsson.

Before the Kamaz auto maker resumed operation, the company’s deputy general director Yuri Klochkov summarized the results of the last year’s performance and spoke of the plans for 2009, reports the press service.