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August 29, the meeting between President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev and Minister of Finance of Turkish Republic Kemal Unakitan who arrived in Kazan was held at the Kazan Kremlin. During conversation priority directions of the further development of the cooperation having, in mutual opinion of the parties, significant potential were discussed.

One of the main results of the second day of stay in Tatarstan of Chelyabinsk delegation became signing the Memorandum on results of a meeting between President of Republic Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev and Governor of the Chelyabinsk oblast Peter Sumin at the Kazan Kremlin.

A miracle named the Palace of game kinds of sports "Basket Hall" the President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev during the opening ceremony held August 29. Still two years back we did not suspect that are capable to construct such a construction. It is indication that time gradually has come to move republic to the European level, Mintimer Shaimiev noted.

As the RT President press centre informed, August 14, 2003 according to article 9,94 of the Constitutions of Republic Tatarstan and article 2 of RT Law " On modification and additions in RT Constitution " as of April 19, 2002, № 1380, President of Republic Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev signed the Decree on appointment of Ildar Shafkatovich Halikov as head of city administration of Naberezhny Tchalny.

Republican August conference of heads of educational bodies of regions and cities of the Republic Tatarstan (Teacher's conference ) entitled "Improvement of education quality in modern conditions of development of information technologies " was held in the city of Naberezhny Tchalny.

Just two buildings at once - regional telecom center and trading house "Aktanysh " were received as a gift by Aktanysh residents. The President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev took part in opening ceremony of the objects.

August 9, the President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev held meeting with management of hockey team" Ak Bars ". During conversation the President, mainly, got interested in a course of team preparation to the championship. Last games of " Ak Bars " in Bashkortostan have shown a quite good condition of team and enabled to compare them to strong contenders, Mintimer Shaimiev noticed.

Kazan Kremlin, American journalists William Ratliff, Scott Hogenson, Phillip Tertzian Peter Hannaford were received by the President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev. Authors of numerous publications on various subjects in leading mass media of the United States are making the trip across the Russian regions within the framework of preparation for top-level summit scheduled on September. Result of the trip should become a series of publications about today's Russia, life of its capital and the cities located in hundreds of kilometers from Moscow. The choice of the American journalists has fallen to Saint Petersburg, Kazan and Nizhnevartovsk.

Development of mechanical engineering is one of the prioritiest tasks of the economy of Tatarstan for the nearest years. The Republic, whose significant part of export is the output of oil-extracting and petrochemical complex, has considerable potential opportunities for developing machine-building branch. However, so far they are used not to the full, it is necessary to launch production of competitive products of a machine-building complex.

Prospects of cooperation between Tatarstan and Germany in different areas were discussed at the Kazan Kremlin during the meeting of the President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev with Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Germany in the Russian Federation Hans - Friedrich von Pletz.