July 10-12, Tatarstan State Counselor, Chairman of Supervisory board of the Republican Fund for historical and cultural monuments revival Mintimer Shaimiev is on working trip in France by invitation of the UNESCO World heritage Committee.
He is accompanied by Adviser to ICCROM Director General Munir Bushnaki, Aide to RT President on social issues, CEO of the Republican Fund for historical and cultural monuments revival Tatyana Larionova, RT Minister of culture Airat Sibagatullin, Chairman of the Russian national committee of world cultural and natural heritage under the RF Commission for UNESCO Igor Makovetsky, Chief of Volga branch of the UNESCO department for preservation of urban planning and architectural monuments Rafael Valeev.
Tatarstan delegation is going to visit the UNESCO World heritage sites, i.e. the Chartres Cathedral, Louvre Museum in Paris, Palace and Park Ensemble of Versailles.
The State Counselor also plans to meet with UNESCO Deputy Director General on culture Francesco Bandarin, Director of Louvre restoration laboratory Maria Lavandie, and Director of the Department for international cooperation of the Ministry of culture of France Bruno Favel.
On July 12 Mintimer Shaimiev will meet with President of University of Paris-Sorbonne Georges Molinié and attend the Universiade Flame Lighting ceremony.
On 9 May Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin took part in a ceremony of laying flowers to the monument “The victorious soldier” dedicated to the celebrations of the Day of Victory in the Great Patriotic War (WW II) 1941-1945 and held at Arsk cemetery in Kazan.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials
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