Rustam Minnikhanov met with Secretary General of FISU
23 August 2012, Thursday
Today RT President Rustam Minnikhanov met with Secretary General of the International University Sports Federation FISU Eric Sayntrond in Kazan. The meeting was also attended by the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, Minister of Youth, Sports and Tourism Rafis Burganov, Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing of the Republic Irek Faizullin, head of the Directorate of the Universiade-2013 Vladimir Leonov, the first Vice-President of FISU - President of the Russian Student Sports Union Oleg Matytsin, Director of the Summer Universiade of FISU Mark Vandenplas.
FISU delegation visits Kazan within the preparation for the next meeting of the Executive Committee of FISU, the extraordinary meeting of the General Assembly of FISU and the ceremony of awarding the best athletes of FISU Gala. At today's meeting Minnikhanov and Eric Sayntrond discussed the preparation for this events.
FISU delegation's visit will last for four days, during which the members of the delegation will meet with the functional areas of ANO "Executive Board" Kazan 2013 ", responsible for organizing and conducting the above mentioned activities.
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