Mintimer Shaimiev met with Consul General of Iran in Kazan
11 December 2007, Tuesday
December 11, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev received Reza Bagheban Kondori, the Consul General of Iran in Kazan.
The Tatarstan President congratulated the Iranian diplomat on coming into office as Consul General of Iran. “First and foremost, it is the continuation of friendly relations between Russia and Iran aimed at further cooperation of our countries. I would like to thank the leadership of the Islamic Republic of Iran for giving us an opportunity to strengthen our cultural ties. This opens up great opportunities for economic development. Our latest contacts with Iranian organs of governments and companies demonstrate that there is mutual interest in it”, Mintimer Shaimiev marked.
Expert of the Iranian Consulate General Mohammad Hatamizadeh, Chief of Staff of the RT President Yuri Kamaltynov, State Advisor to the President on international affairs – Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs Timur Akulov, heads of ministers and organisations and other officials took part in the meeting.
On 16 October in the Kazan Kremlin Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaymiev, who is also the Chairman of the Trustees Council of the regional Revival Fund, had a meeting with the Director General of the State Hermitage Mikhail Piotrovsky, who came to Kazan to take part in a ceremony of opening a new exposition “The Yusupovs. Luxury across the Centuries” at the Hermitage Kazan Exposition Center and which has been prepared especially for the 20th anniversary of the Hermitage’s first representational centre established in 2005 by celebrations of the Kazan Millennium.
On 28 August the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev took part in a plenary session of the National Assembly of the World Tatar Congress held with participation of about 1 thousand delegates from 68 regions of Russia and 27 foreign countries in the Tatar State Opera and Ballet Theatre in Kazan’
On 20 June the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev attended horse races held at the International Equestrian Complex in Kazan and dedicated to Kazan Sabantuy.
On 6 June the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev laid flowers to the monument of the Great Russian poet Aleksandr Pushkin by the Jalil State Opera and Ballet Theatre in Kazan.