Rustam Minnikhanov meets with Consul General of Turkey in Kazan
18 July 2012, Wednesday
The Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov has met with Consul General of the Turkish Republic in Kazan Akhmet Akynty. Director of the Department for external relations under the RT President Eduard Khabibullin attended the meeting.
The event had been held by the time Akhmet Akynty finished his work in the Tatarstan capital.
Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Akhmet Akynty for efficient work in Kazan and great contribution he made in development of the Tatarstan-Turkey relations in culture and economic spheres.
According to the Tatarstan President, Akhmet Akynty did a lot for successful implementation of big projects in republic by Turkish companies “Kastamonu Entegre” and “Sisecam”, promoted establishment of cultural contacts between Tatarstan and the Turkish Republic.
Akhmet Akynty, in turn, addressed with words of gratitude to the Tatarstan leadership for warm reception during his work in Kazan. The Consul General said that he had enjoyed the privilege of working in Kazan.
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