NEWS

On 11 June 2016, Naberezhnye Chelny hosted the meeting between the delegation from the Republic of Cuba headed by Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Cuba Ricardo Cabrisas and Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov. The meeting was held at the Kamaz Plant. It was also attended by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Cuba in the Russian Federation Emilio Lozada García, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov, Mayor of Naberezhnye Chelny Nail Magdeyev, Tatarstan Minister of Economy Artyom Zdunov, Director General of PAO Kamaz Sergey Kogogin, Director General of PAO Tatneft Nail Maganov, etc.

Tatarstan President offered to intensify relations between Tatarstan and Cuba in the sphere of education. As promising areas of cooperation, he highlighted the interaction in hi-tech spheres, healthcare, culture, tourism and others.

Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of Cuba Ricardo Cabrisas thanked Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov for his warm welcome and noted that to date Russia and Cuba make important steps in strengthening mutually beneficial cooperation. Tatarstan, in turn, contributes greatly to the development of these ties, he emphasised.