Mintimer Shaimiev met with Russian Information Technologies and Communication Minister Leonid Reiman
4 April 2008, Friday
April 4, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev met with Russian Minister of Information Technologies and Communication Leonid Reiman.
Valeri Bagaenko, the head of the Federal Agency for Communication, Ravil Muratov, the acting Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan, Evgeny Grishin, the State Advisor to the RT President on economic issues, Farit Fazylzyanov, the Minister of Informatisation of the Republic of Tatarstan, and other officials also attended the meeting.
“The communication and information sector is the most dynamic among those in Russia today,” the Head of the republic said opening the meeting. Without your work we will not be able to make our country competitive at the global level.”
Mintimer Shaimiev also expressed his gratitude to Leonid Reiman for his support for republican initiatives on communication development at the federal level, for the help in implementation of a number of high-tech projects. He also marked that all the informatisation projects in Tatarstan should be leading in terms of efficiency given the republic’s high intellectual potential.
On May 14, the Kazan Expo International Exhibition Centre hosted a solemn reception marking the opening of the Year “Kazan – Cultural Capital of the Islamic World” and the holding of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”.
Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Marat Khusnullin, Russian Minister of Culture Olga Lyubimova, Director General of the Islamic World, Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO) Salim bin Mohammed AlMalik and other officials were among the honored guests of the evening.
On 26 April, during festive events dedicated to the Native Language Day and the 140th birthday of the great Tatar poet Gabdulla Tukay, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev laid flowers to the monument of the great Tatar poet.
On 17 March, speaking at a meeting of the State Council of the republic, where its Chairman Farid Mukhametshin declared his early termination of powers, Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaymiev said: “Mutual respect and deep understanding help to preserve high trust of our people.”
On 13 March the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev accompanied by the regional Mufti Kamil Samigullin took part in the XIV Iftar of the republic organized by the Spiritual Board of Muslims of Tatarstan, the administration of the Ak Bars Arena stadium and the national tourist complex Tugan Avylym (My Native Village) at the Kazan Expo Exhibition Center.