Tatarstan and Finland are building new "bridges"

The Head of Tatarstan Investment Development Agency Taliya Minullina as a part of the delegation of Tatarstan is on a two-day working visit to Helsinki. 

On December 3, Taliya Minullina spoke at the meeting of the Tatarstan-Finland working group on development of trade, economic, scientific and technical cooperation. In particular, the prospect of creating new high-tech industries was discussed at the round table. Also, the Head of the Agency met with the representatives of the Finnish business community to create new joint projects on the territory of Tatarstan.

"Finland is one of the strategically important partners of Russia and Tatarstan. 900 Finnish companies are already operating in Russia. Tatarstan also has examples of successful Finnish investments. In 2015, "Huhtamaki" company opened the second plant in Russia on the territory of SEZ "Alabuga" for the production of disposable tableware and paper packaging. YIT builds houses and facilities of high quality in Tatarstan using the latest technologies.

Relations between Tatarstan and Finland are very dynamic. Only in October, the capital of Tatarstan hosted Business Forum "Finnish business goes Kazan" with the participation of the Russian and Finnish companies, and already today in the frames of the return visit to Helsinki we develop and multiply the agreements reached in Kazan to strengthen business relations and achieve new joint results", - Taliya Minullina noted.

On December 4, in the framework of the round-table "Tatarstan - Finland", the first persons of Tatarstan met with the representatives of Finnish business community to strengthen trade and economic ties. 

On the same day, the delegation of Tatarstan took part in the world-famous conference of start-ups and young entrepreneurs SLUSH. During the conference, the leadership of Tatarstan got acquainted with the exhibition of new innovative solutions and promising start-up projects in IT, biomedical technologies and energy efficiency; discuss options for cooperation with the senior managers of Forum energy company, which is one of the world's leading producers of electricity.

In addition, the meeting with the President of Finland Sauli Niinistö marked the move of Tatarstan - Finland relations to a new level.

The cooperation plans built as a result of negotiations and events will contribute to further increase of foreign trade turnover between Tatarstan and Finland. Last year it amounted to $560 billion, which is 1,5 times higher than in 2016.