I. Metshin took part in a meeting with a delegation of the Austrian-Russian Friendship Society

(Kazan City KZN.RU, May 23). On May 23, at Tatarstan Government House, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting with members of the delegation of the Austrian-Russian Friendship Society led by General Secretary of the  Society Florian Sterman.  The meeting was attended by Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin.

Welcoming the guests, Minnikhanov thanked the leadership of Austria for arranging the visit and extanding a warm welcome to Tatarstan delegation in Vienna (May 11-13, 2016).

“We are interested in adopting experience of our colleagues from Vienna in matters of urbanism, organization and development of urban economy,” Minnikhanov pointed out.

According to him, it is important to build up and strengthen contacts between Tatarstan as a Russian region and Austria in business, establisign joint ventures, cultural, scientific and educational exchange, and the tourism industry.

Minnkhanov said that for over twenty years Austrian-Russian Friendship Society has been making a significant contribution to the development of the Austrian-Russian relations and is a link between the two countries.

In his turn Florian Sterman thanked Tatarstan President for a warm welcome extended to Ausrtian delegation in Kazan and expressed his confidence that relations between Tatarstan and Austria will be strengthened, including in the field of entrepreneurship and business cooperation.

Minnikhanov also suggested creating a working group to work out specific issues and areas for cooperation.

Earlier the Deputy Head of the municipal formation of Kazan Eugeniya Lodvigova held a meeting with delegation of the Republic of Austria. As a result the participants agreed on the mutual exchange of experts in the field of economy and housing and communal services of cities Wels and Kazan.