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As part of a delegation headed by Tatarstan President, Minister Karimov arrived in the city of Weimar, Thuringia (Germany).

The first item on the visit programme was a visit to the Bauhaus University of Weimar. Experts of the Bauhaus Digital Laboratory presented the projects “Artificial Intelligence in Construction” and “Bauhaus Mobility Lab” (solutions laboratory in the field of mobility, logistics, and energy supply). Then the delegation took part in the meeting between the Tatarstan President and Minister President of Thuringia Bodo Ramelow, after which a Tatarstan-Thuringia business forum took place.

During the forum, the sides discussed prospects for cooperation development between Tatarstan and Thuringia, increase in the volume and range of mutual supplies, strengthening ties in the field of IT, engineering, and humanitarian spheres.

In conclusion, a number of documents were signed on cooperation between Tatarstan and Thuringian companies: a tripartite cooperation agreement between the Kazan Electro-Technical Plant, the Micro-Hybrid Electronics GmbH, and the OOO Carnet and a bilateral agreement between the Technopolis Himgrad and Ibykus.

The final event of the working visit to Thuringia was studying the activities of the Erfurt Educational Centre, an educational organisation that provides innovative services in the field of technical and vocational education.

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.