On April 25 at his meeting with Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev, Secretary General of the International Organization of Turkic Culture (TURKSOI) Dusen Kaseinov thanked him for long-term cooperation and support of TURKSOI activity, and told about organization’s achievements.
On April 26 TURKSOI delegation will take part in opening of the year “Kazan – cultural capital of Turkic world 2014”.
Dusen Kaseinov noted that currently TURKSOI is entering new level, and countries-members of the organization are showing more interest in holding events that favour preservation and development of Turkic culture.
TURKSOI Secretary General told about joint projects with UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. He reminded that last year 20th anniversary of UNESCO was celebrated in Paris, at company’s headquarters. Every year TURKSOI holds meetings of UNESCO representatives in Turkic speaking countries.
Mintimer Shaimiev noted that facilitation to mutual understanding and unity of Turkic people is a high-pitched mission of TURKSOI. “Due to your talent and experience TURKSOI scope of activity and the sphere of influence are expanding,” he said.
At the end of the meeting, Dusen Kaseinov presented the medal “20th anniversary of TURKSOI” to Mintimer Shaimiev for distinguished service to the Turkic world in the sphere of culture, science and art.
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.