Rustam Minnikhanov welcomed participants of the meeting and told about investment projects implemented in the republic, such as those of TAIF group in the town of Nizhnekamsk. He stated that notwithstanding difficult economic situation, the trade turnover between Tatarstan and Germany increased by 17 per cent last year.
Dietrich Möller, in his turn, noted that the company has worked in Russia for 160 years. “We signed strategic agreements with Tatarstan and are willing to continued working together,” he added.
During the meeting the agreement on cooperation was signed between Siemens and Tupolev Kazan national research technical university.
Tatarstan President's press office, Elena Britvina