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The delegation of the Republic of Tatarstan led by Mayor of Naberezhnye Chelny Ildar khalikov will visit Liaocheng, China from 17 to 20 June. The members of the delegation will visit the water purification plant, the city sport construction, the bus plant, the industrial zone of Liaocheng and the main office of Shandong Shifeng (Group) Co., LTD.

The 27th meeting of the Administrative Council of the Organization of Islamic Capitals and Cities (OICC) opened in the Tatarstan capital on June 17. Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev welcomed the participants of the meeting.

The meeting on preparation of the transport infrastructure for hosting the Universiade 2013 was held at the Kazan City Hall on June 16. Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev and Russian Transport Minister Igor Levitin took part in the meeting.

Tatarstan is to construct a year-round sports and health skiing facility in Turkmenistan’s Avaza national tourist zone, said today the Cabinet of Ministers’s press service.

The Tatarstan’s chief auto maker Kamaz and State Transport Leasing Company have today signed a cooperation agreement.

June 15, the meeting of the working group of the Council under the RF President Plenipotentiary Envoy in the Volga Federal District was held at the Kazan Kremlin. The participants of the meeting focused on the issue of the situation in the construction sphere and supporting measures taken by the Volga Federal District regions. Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev took part in the meeting.

The international French journalist Dominique Bromberger is visiting Kazan today June 15. At present, Dominique Bromberger is working on a book about contemporary Russia, Russians’ disposition. He is visiting our country with this purpose.

Russia’s Transport Minister Igor Levitin will today arrive in Naberezhnye Chelny, to tour the premises of the auto maker Kamaz.

The Microsoft corporation will set up an electronic governance system called Electronic Municipality in Kazan, the city’s mayor Ilsur Metshin told it a staff meeting on Monday, adding that a related agreement had been signed the week before.

On 25-26 June, an international event called Islamic Business and Finance Summit will take place in Kazan. The holding is supported by a number of Russian and international business entities, including the Islamic Development Bank.