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Representatives of the RF Emergency Ministry led by Deputy Minister Gennady Kirillov came to Kazan to inspect functioning of the emergency system. Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev received them in the Kazan Kremlin on August 20.

August 16, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev met Bashkortostan President Murtaza Rakhimov in Aktanysh district of the Republic of Tatarstan. During the talks the grand memorandum was signed in which the basic results of realization of bilateral agreements on friendship and cooperation of 1991 and 1997 were committed. The document expresses the partiesІ desire to consolidate and develop bilateral relations on the basis of mutual consideration, equality, confidence and partnership, to determine priority directions of trade-economic, scientific and cultural cooperation of the two republics.

Participation in development of South American oil fields, Oka cars assembly production, export of tropical fruit and flowers - the Republic of Ecuador is ready to cooperate with Tatarstan in these spheres. This was discussed on August 14 during the meeting in the Kazan Kremlin of RT President Mintimer Shaimiev and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Ecuador in the Russian Federation Mrs. Jimena Martines de Peres.

Prospects for cooperation in the field of aircraft construction were discussed on August 14 in the Kazan Kremlin at the meeting of RT President Mintimer Shaimiev with representatives of the KASKOL group (Moscow) and American consulting company "McKinsey".

The Chess Match "Tatarstan - Europe" devoted to the Youth Year in Tatarstan will become an event for all Russian sports, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev said at the meeting with famous chess players. Among the participants of the meeting were international grandmaster among men and women Maya Chiburdanidze, international grandmasters Anatoly Karpov, Alisa Gallyamova and others who arrived for the match on August 14.

No matter what music will be composed in future, compositions by Anvar Bakirov marked by sincerity, will not get lost, many generations will listen to them, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev said during a farewell meeting held on August 13 in the RT State Concert Hall.

On August 12, Tatarstan President Mintimer Shaimiev during his working trip to Crimea met with Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma. During the meeting they shared opinions on a broad range of problems concerning economic relations between Tatarstan and Ukraine.

August, 9 the President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev visited Pestrechinsky region.

Construction of modern sports- leisure centre soon will start in territory of former airport " Kazan - 2 ". This was discussed at the meeting held on August 8 in the Kazan Kremlin under presidency of the RT President Mintimer Shaimiev.

Within two last days in Kazan appeared no new cholera patients, the diagnoses put to the patients in Moscow, have not proved to be true - these facts were informed to President of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev by the Chief health officer of Russia Gennady Onishchenko on August, 6 during a meeting in the Kazan Kremlin. The head of republic in detail asked on the situation which has arisen as a result of occurrence in city of dangerous disease, its reasons and position for today.