Today, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Albert Karimov had a meeting with Vice-Governor of St. Petersburg Vladimir Knyaginin. The meeting was held at the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan.
The meeting was attended by Minister of Education and Science of Tatarstan Ilsur Khadiullin, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Aleksey Savelchev, and Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan Marat Minibayev.
During the meeting, they discussed the partnership between Tatarstan and St. Petersburg in the areas of new and alternative energy, green chemistry and new materials, electric mobility and other promising areas of technology development.
St. Petersburg is one of republic’s most promising and reliable partners. There is a huge potential for cooperation in joint projects in the field of industry and energy, healthcare and tourism, youth policy and sports, management of territorial entities.
Representatives of the Tatarstan side shared with their St. Petersburg colleagues the experience of the Kazan State Power Engineering University and the Kazan National Research Technological University, which have helped introduce advanced technologies into the economy of the city.
The participants to the meeting agreed to hold a number of events aimed at developing bilateral cooperation in science, education, and innovation technologies.