President of Tatarstan meets with ICCROM experts at the Kazan Kremlin
1 November 2012, Thursday
President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has met with experts of the International Center for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) and members of the delegation from Central Macedonia (Greece).
Russian Minister of culture Vladimir Medinsky, Senior Secretary of the RF Commission for UNESCO affairs Grigory Ordzhonikidze, Chairman of the Russian national committee of the World cultural and natural heritage under the RF Commission for UNESCO affairs Igor Makovetsky, Tatarstan’s State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev, Aide to the Tatarstan President on social issues Tatyana Larionova, Tatarstan’s Minister of culture Airat Sibagatullin participated in the meeting.
To the point, on October 31 ICCROM experts – Director General Stefano De Caro, special adviser of Director General of the United Nations Organisation on issues of education, science and culture Munir Bushenaki visited the island town of Sviyazhsk and on November 1 – the city of Bolgar. Vice-governor of Central Macedonia Kostas Karapanagiotidis also participated in the excursions.
After studying methods of restoration works in Sviyazhsk and Bolgar they will pass their final statement to the World Heritage Committee. Members of the Committee will consider the issues of including these objects in UNESCO World heritage list.
Today’s meeting was opened by Vladimir Medinsky. The Russian Minister of culture noted that Kazan is a unique territory of the universal importance.
The Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov noted that for the last few years a great deal had been done in the sphere of cultural heritage preservation in republic.
“We show to the entire world how different nationalities can live peacefully together. We want Sviyazhsk and Bolgar to obtain the global status, and we will do our best and fulfill all recommendations. It is very important for us,” Rustam Minnikhanov said.
Rustam Minnikhanov thanked everyone for joint work and especially guests for paying much attention to Tatarstan.
On 11 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov with all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that as of 11 May the housing construction plan has been fulfilled by 60 per cent in the republic with 1m 888thousand square meters of housing already commissioned.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin accompanied by the Head of his Office Shamil Gafarov paid homage to Soviet soldiers buried at the Arsk cemetery in Kazan and together with war veterans and other participants of the ceremony laid flowers and wreaths to the monument of the Soldier-the Last Man Standing.
On 7 May an official delegation from Tatarstan headed by the regional Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov came to the UAE to take part in an annual Investments Forum AIM Congress 2024 held in Abu-Dhabi.
The forum brought together leaders and experts of the branch from all over the world and is dedicated to transformational changes happening on the global investments landscape.
On May 6, speaking at a briefing held in the Government House of Tatarstan and dedicated to the issues of holding the sowing campaign in the republic, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic-Tatarstan Minister of Industry and Trade Marat Zyabbarov said that in the current year the sowing area will be 2.7 million hectares, which is at the level of last year, including 1.8 million hectares allocated for spring sowing.