On April 10, Russian Minister of Agriculture Nikolay Fedorov, Hungarian Minister of foreign economic affairs Péter Szijjártó, and Interim President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took part in opening of Hungarian Consulate-General in Kazan.
Péter Szijjártó noted that Russia plays an important role in foreign political and economic strategy of Hungary, and his country is especially interested in establishing pragmatic relations and cooperation with Russia as one of the most important foreign economic and energy partners.
“Tatarstan is one of the most prospective regions in Russia and we want to enhance relations between Hungary and Tatarstan. Opening of Hungarian Consulate-General in Kazan is the beginning of this process,” Péter Szijjártó said.
“We expect not only a big number of Hungarian visas to be issued by our Consulate-General but a new stage of development of our economic, trade and cultural relations, especially as the competence of the Consulate applies to the whole Volga District,” Péter Szijjártó continued. He also stressed that the most prospective areas of cooperation are automotive industry, energy and pharmaceutics.
Nikolay Fedorov said that opening of Hungarian Consulate-General in Kazan is a very important event especially under current geopolitical situation.
Summing up, Rustam Minnikhanov said that Tatarstan should be the place for Hungary to enter Russian markets.
Minnikhanov added that a new agreement between Tatarstan and Hungary will be signed during the session of Russia-Hungary intergovernmental commission on economic cooperation today.
On 11 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that as of 11 May the housing construction plan has been fulfilled by 60 per cent in the republic with 1m 888thousand square meters of housing already commissioned.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin accompanied by the Head of his Office Shamil Gafarov paid homage to Soviet soldiers buried at the Arsk cemetery in Kazan and together with war veterans and other participants of the ceremony laid flowers and wreaths to the monument of the Soldier-the Last Man Standing.
On 7 May an official delegation from Tatarstan headed by the regional Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov came to the UAE to take part in an annual Investments Forum AIM Congress 2024 held in Abu-Dhabi.
The forum brought together leaders and experts of the branch from all over the world and is dedicated to transformational changes happening on the global investments landscape.
On May 6, speaking at a briefing held in the Government House of Tatarstan and dedicated to the issues of holding the sowing campaign in the republic, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic-Tatarstan Minister of Industry and Trade Marat Zyabbarov said that in the current year the sowing area will be 2.7 million hectares, which is at the level of last year, including 1.8 million hectares allocated for spring sowing.