Ildar Khalikov takes part in session of the club of Russian aviation engineers
16 August 2012, Thursday
Tatarstan’s Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov took part in a session of the club of Russian aviation engineers. The session is held in Kazan (GTRK “Korston), main discussed topic is “Legal framework of civil aviation”.
Head of the Tatarstan Government welcomed attendees of the event on behalf of the republican leadership and thanked organizers for having chosen Kazan to hold the session.
“It is really important for us. Major international sport competitions will take place in Kazan in the coming years. In particular, Universiade will host 12 thousand sportsmen and members of sport delegation; World Aquatics Championship, matches of World Football Cup. Therefore, transport safety is one of the most essential issues,” he said.
Ildar Khalikov informed that large-scale works aimed at modernization of the airport complex are currently being fulfilled at the international airport “Kazan”. Notably, the airport runway is being repaired, construction of new terminal is being completed, and the old terminal is being reconstructed.
To the point, the session is held in the context of the 6th international exhibition “Aerospace technologies, modern materials and equipment”.
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