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Today, Minister Karimov had a meeting with a vanguard group from China to hold Days of Heilongjiang Province in Tatarstan. The meeting was attended by representatives of the Tatarstan Ministry of Culture, the Tatarstan Ministry of Sports, the Tatarstan Ministry of Youth Affairs, the Tatarstan Ministry of Education, and the Tatarstan Ministry of Health.

“The trade turnover between Tatarstan and China is growing annually. In 2018, it amounted to US$ 628.7 million. The republic has ties with a number of provinces in China. To date, 7 agreements have been signed on cooperation in trade, economy, science, technology, culture, social and humanitarian spheres”, said Albert Karimov.

From the Chinese side, the delegation was headed by Wang Haijun, Head of Foreign Office of the Heilongjiang Provincial People’s Government.

The main topic of the meeting was the issues of preparation to the Days of Heilongjiang Province in Tatarstan; the event dates were tentatively set in July 2020.