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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.

On September 17, there was a telephone conversation between President of the Republic of Turkey Ahmet Necdet Sezer and President of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev, who is on vacations in Antalya. In the telephone conversation the President of Turkey marked dynamic development of the cooperation between the republics, successful work of Turkish companies in Tatarstan.

According to the Press centre of the RT President, on September 15, President of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev and his spouse left for the Republic of Turkey on vacation.

The tragedy in Beslan that took away lives of hundreds of innocent people called forth convening of the enlarged meeting of the RT Security Council on September 10 in the Kazan Kremlin. Led by Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev, the participants focused on state of affairs and tasks of increasing efficiency of counter-terrorist security in the territory of the Republic of Tatarstan.

President of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev took over the control of the situation about Nurulla mosque. Before the session of the RT State Council on September 9, he talked with the parish of the mosque, representatives of the Tatar social centre, Milli Medzhlis, Union of Moslem women, city social organisations, who organised a strike picket in the square ahead of the Parliament.

On September 4, President of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev sent a telegram of condolence to President of the Republic of North Ossetia-Alania following the tragic events in the town of Beslan.
“The tragedy in the Ossetian town of Beslan has deeply shocked citizens of the Republic of Tatarstan. We attribute this atrocity, the victims of which are innocent children, as an appaling act of barbarism that cannot be justified by anything.