Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev has met with Consul General of Kazakhstan Republic in Kazan Askhat Nuskabai. The decision about opening of Consulate General of Kazakhstan Republic in Kazan was made last year. Askhat Zharlykasynovich Nuskabai was appointed Consul General.
Mintimer Shaimiev congratulated Kazakhstan diplomat on taking the new office and wished good luck. He continued that opening of Consulate General of Kazakhstan Republic in Kazan favoured continuation of cooperation between Tatarstan and Kazakhstan and consolidation of friendly relations between Russia and Kazakhstan.
During the meeting Tatarstan State Counselor and Consul General of Kazakhstan Republic in Kazan discussed preservation of Tatar and Kazakh languages, expansion of contacts in cultural, educational and tourism spheres.
Askhat Nuskabai thanked Mintimer Shaimiev for warm reception and atmosphere of mutual understanding and respect created by republican leadership in relations between Tatarstan and Kazakhstan.
On 20 January in the evening Russian President Vladimir Putin called Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev and congratulated him with his birthday. During the conversation Vladimir Putin stated that he is happy to hear bright voice of Mintimer (Sharipovich) and wished him good health and all the best.
On 20 January, congratulating Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev with his birthday, the Chairman of the Russian Government Mikhail Mishustin wrote in his telegramme: “Being a famous and political leader, you have made a substantial contribution into modern development of Tatarstan and have earned the deep respect and gratitude of residents of the republic.
On January 20, the First President of Tatarstan, State Counsellor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev celebrates its 89 birthday.
He received numerous congratulations from the state and regional leaders, public figures, figures in science, education and culture and residents of the country and Tatarstan.
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.