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A delegation of the Commission VI of the Aceh People's Representative Council (Republic of Indonesia) arrived in Tatarstan with a three-day visit.

The delegation’s working visit is dedicated to the study of foreign experience in health care issues, inter-parliamentary cooperation, and other areas.

On June 21, a delegation headed by Vice Chairman of the Aceh Parliament’s Commission VI Sulaiman Ali arrived at the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade to meet with Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan German Lerner. He noted the importance of foreign trade cooperation between Tatarstan and Indonesia, and presented the trade and industrial potential in the republic.

Representatives of the Indonesian side also made a presentation on the activities of the Commission VI of the Aceh People's Representative Council and spoke about their experience in the field of health care regulations and other areas.

The delegation also visited the Tatarstan Ministry of Health, Eidos-Robotics, Eidos-Medicine, and Tatkhimpharmpreparaty. In addition, the Indonesian guests made visits to the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan and Tatarstan hospitals.

Aceh is the most western province in Indonesia located on the northern tip of the Island of Sumatra. Its capital is Banda Aceh. According to 2018 results, the foreign trade turnover between Tatarstan and Indonesia amounted to over US$ 46 million.

Today, Minister Karimov arrived in Harbin (Heilongjiang Province, China) as part of the Tatarstan President’s delegation. The visit of the Tatarstan delegation was timed to coincide with the 6th Russian-Chinese Expo 2019, which takes place from June 15 to June 19 at the Harbin International Exhibition and Conference Centre.

The extensive visit programme includes various official and business events: the meeting of the Tatarstan President with Governor of Heilongjiang Province Wang Wentao, the participation of the Tatarstan delegation in the Tatarstan-Heilongjiang Business Forum and a visit to the 6th Russian-Chinese Expo 2019.

The second half of the day was devoted to business meetings with representatives of Chinese companies. The delegation visited the Harbin Corner Science and Technology Company and the Wondersun Diary Company.

The programme continued with the meeting of the Tatarstan President with Secretary of Heilongjiang Provincial CPC Committee Zhang Qingwei.

An important stage of the visit was the signing of an Action Plan to the Agreement between the Government of Tatarstan and the People's Government of Heilongjiang Province on trade, economic, scientific, technology, and cultural cooperation.

The visit to Harbin ended with a concert of masters of arts from Tatarstan organised within the framework of the 6th Russian-Chinese Expo 2019.

Today, the delegation from the Republic of Turkey arrived in the Ministry of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan with a working visit. Members of the delegation include an independent investor Aydın Rıfat Kocabaş, as well as representatives of the SA-RA Group, an industrial group that manufactures power transmission line supports, steel structures for transformer centres, car railings, polygonal supports, and much more.

The working meeting with the Turkish delegation was chaired by Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of Tatarstan German Lerner. Greeting the guests with a welcoming speech, he noted the interest in expanding mutually beneficial relations between Tatarstan and Turkey, as well as the prospects for increasing mutual trade turnover.

At the meeting, the trade and industrial potential of Tatarstan was presented, after which the parties were able to discuss promising areas for further development of cooperation.

The 2018 foreign trade turnover of Tatarstan with Turkey amounted to about US$ 314 million, which is 4% more than in 2017.