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A delegation from the Federal State of Bavaria (Germany) will arrive on a working visit to the Republic of Tatarstan. The delegation will be headed by Hubert Aiwanger, Bavarian State Minister of Economic Affairs, Regional Development and Energy and Deputy Bavarian Prime Minister.

The business community in Bavaria has noted certain positive changes and good potential for bilateral cooperation, despite the uneasy economic and political framework conditions. The Bavarian delegation comprises officials, representatives of industrial authorities, as well as managers and experts from companies.

The visit’s programme will begin on October 22, Tuesday, with a meeting with Prime Minister of Tatarstan Aleksey Pesoshin.

The key event for the guests will be the Tatarstan-Bavaria Economic Forum to be held on October 22, 2019 in the Tolstoy Hall of the Korston Hotel and Mall at 10.30. From Tatarstan, the forum will be attended by Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov, officials and representatives of republic’s industrial enterprises and universities. The forum programme includes a presentation of the investment and industrial potential in Tatarstan, a case study on cooperation experience with German partners, and speeches by members of the Bavarian delegation. Later, representatives of German and Tatarstan business communities will be able to discuss issues of their interest in the format of B2B meetings.

In the first half of 2019, the foreign trade turnover between Tatarstan and Germany amounted to USD 774.2 million.

The annual “Russian Tea Forum 2019” and the tea industry exhibition will be held at the Russia State Central Concert Hall (Moscow) on September 28, 2019.

The Forum is a platform where participants – manufacturers and suppliers of teas and related products – can exchange experiences and achievements, seek for new partners, and sign mutually beneficial agreements.

The Forum’s programme includes master classes, conferences, debates, round table discussions, as well as an award ceremony and a concert programme.

More details about the Russian Tea Forum and the tea industry exhibition can be found on the website.

Based on information from the official Forum site https://tea-forum.ru

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.