Mintimer Shaimiev met with Boris Boyarskov

Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev has met with the head of the Federal Service controlling mass communications and cultural heritage preservation - Boris Boyarskov.

The meeting has been held within the framework of the IX World Congress of the Organization of World Heritage Cities, which has opened in Kazan today. The head of the Federal Service thanked Tatarstan President for hosting such a wide-scale international forum. He also thanked the President for the opportunity of the VI All-Russian Meeting of Organization for Preservation of Historical and Cultural Monuments to take part in the OWHC Congress.

‘We have many common issues of work in Tatarstan - both in cultural heritage and maintenance of legislation in the field of mass communications, - Boris Boyarskov pointed out in the interview to journalists after the meeting. - We have great desire to work with Tatarstan Government in mutual understanding. It is what we have discussed with Tatarstan President’.