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On November 4, President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev met with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of India to the Russian Federation Mr. Kanwal Sibal. "It is of big importance for us that your are visiting Tatarstan right after you started your work in Russia, - Mintimer Shaimiev said welcoming Mr. Kanwal Sibal, who was appointed ambassador in Russia only two months ago.

October 28 saw President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev and President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev meeting in Astana. The meeting was followed by the reception on behalf of President Nazarbayev held in honour of President Shaimiev in Kazakhstan leader’s residence .

On October 27, the official delegation of Tatarstan led by RT President Mintimer Shaimiev arrived in Astana where the Days of the Republic of Tatarstan in the Republic of Kazakhstan are held in the period of October 27-28. The visit is organised within the framework of the Year of Russia in Kazakhstan and under the invitation of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev.

Tatarstan has become home for local offices of all world known companies. It undoubtedly contributes to the attractiveness of the territory. Remarkable is the fact that there appear Tatarstan-based companies working at the world standard level, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev said in an interview on October 22 when opening Bahetle hypermarket in Kazan.

President of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev is in Cheremshansky district, Tatarstan, where he took part in the opening of the sport complex and the stadium and visited new secondary school #1. The programme also includes visits to objects of social sphere under construction.

Having visited new productions of JSC " Nizhnekamskshina " and " Nizhnekamskneftekhim", President M. Shaimiev stated that priority directions of the economy development of Tatarstan will be oil production and petrochemistry. It is envisaged a dynamical progress of petrochemistry and fixing the achieved level of oil production is supposed. By results of current year it is planned to reach the boundary for 30 million tons of oil.

Problems of developing welfare and culture sphere of two largest cities of Trankama zones - Nizhnekamsk and Naberezhnye Chelny also had been object of attention of the President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shamiev during the two-day working trip.

I consider positive factor, that during the trip by Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe across Russia, they had decided to choose our Republic for monitoring, RT President Mintimer Shaimiev said at the meeting with PACE Commission on monitoring rapporteurs David Atkinson and Rudolf Bindig.

The delegation of the Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe arrived in Kazan on October 11. The visit of rapporteurs of the Monitoring Committee Mr. David Atkinson and Rudolf Bindig will last till October 14. On October 13, there will be a meeting with President of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev.

Dear guests!
On behalf of the State Council, Government of the Republic of Tatarstan and on my own behalf, I heartily congratulate you on your professional holiday – Day of Workers of Agriculture and Processing Industry.
Hundreds, thousands of machine operators, combine operators, villagers of all ages have been doing their best during the period of harvesting ensuring effectiveness of the harvesting complex. “Those who have bread will celebrate the holiday”. Today, the best of farmers have come to this celebration.