Mintimer Shaimiev is on a working trip to Italy

Tatarstan State Counsellor, Chairman of supervisory board of the Republican fund of historical and cultural monuments Mintimer Shaimiev is on a working trip to Italy by the invitation of Director-general of the International Centre for the Study and the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) Munir Bushenaki.

Today Mintimer Shaimiev and Munir Bushenaki visit Paestum town in province of Salerno (Southern Italy) to take part in official closing of Mediterranean exchange of archeological tourism and look over the exhibition of virtual archeology.

The itinerary also includes the visit to archeological monuments - objects of World cultural heritage of Paestum and National archeological museum.

A meeting with President of Salerno province Edmondo Chirielli will be held afterwards.

In the evening Tatarstan delegation will arrive in the capital of Italy – Rome where Mintimer Shaimievis going to meet with the Counsellor of the Italian President on cultural heritage Luis Godart and Director-general of the Department for development of the Italian Ministry of foreign affairs Mauricio Melanie.

The working visit of RT State Counsellor will end with visit to HQ of ICCROM (International Centre for the Study and the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property).

RT State Counsellor is accompanied by Aide to RT President on social issues, CEO of the Republican fund of historical and cultural monuments Tatiana Larionova, Chairman of the Russian national committee of world cultural and natural heritage at the RF Commission for UNESCO affairs Igor Makovetsky, plenipotentiary of RT on French Republic Iskander Yusupov, Chief of Volga division of the UNESCO Department for preservation of urban and architectural monuments Rafael Valeev.