RT President, Mintimer Shaimiev, Began the 2-day Working Visit to the Nizhnekamsk Region and Yelabuga
30 July 2008, Wednesday
The RT President, Mintimer Shaimiev, began a 2-day visit to the Nizhnekamsk Region and Yelabuga on July 30.
On the same day the President took part in various ceremonies: opening ceremony of the “Olympia” ice palace in Kamskie Polyany and a festive delivery of keys to government funded apartments to state-financed workers, large families, the disabled, and WWII veterans in Nizhnekamsk.
July 31, the RT President, Mintimer Shaimiev, will take part in a meeting with the republican State Council to discuss questions concerning charitable work, strengthening the institution of family, and the development of family values following the example of the Nizhnekamsk Municipal Region’s Council for the coordination of charitable work.
On the same day, the RT Cabinet of Minister will have a visiting session in Yelabuga dedicated to the results brought in by industrial enterprises of the republic in the 1st half of 2008, which will include the presence of the RT President.
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.