Rustam Minnikhanov: Turkey is one of the leading foreign partners of Tatarstan

On 12 December, speaking at a business forum held in the Turkish Province of Bursa, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov said that Tatarstan attaches special attention to expanding cooperation with Turkey aimed at strengthening Russia-Turkey relations. 

“We are deeply grateful to Presidents of our countries – Vladimir Putin and Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Governments of both countries for the support given to joint Tatarstan-Turkey projects”, he said. 

“Turkey is one of the leading foreign partners of Tatarstan and last year our trade turnover grew by 55.8% and exceeded 563m dollars. We still have something to strive for”, Rustam Minnikhanov said. 

He stated separately that for many years Bursa companies have been reliable partners in such spheres as automotive industry, machine-building, textile and furniture industries and gave a large project with the Coşkunöz Holding as an example of such partnership. 

“We are interested in Turkish business developing its projects in Tatarstan and ready to create all necessary conditions for that”, Rustam Minnikhanov concluded.

Heads of such large enterprises and business organizations from the republic as the KAMAZ Automaker, Kazan Synthetic Rubber Plant, the NPP-Proma company, which produces pieces for industrial enterprises and boiler plants automation, the Zias Mashinery-Volga Region Steels products producer and others represented Tatarstan at the business forum in Bursa.