Rustam Minnikhanov arrives in Amsterdam

8 April 2013, Monday

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has arrived in the Netherlands with official Russian delegation to participate in opening of the Year of Russia in the Netherlands and the Year of the Netherlands in Russia. The opening ceremony will be held today with participation of President of Russia Vladimir Putin and Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

The event will be held in Hermitage on the Amstel (Amsterdam).

The agreement about announcing 2013 the Year of Russia in the Netherlands and the Year of the Netherlands in Russia was made in 2009. An organizing committee comprised of representatives of Russia and the Netherlands was established for preparation and holding of the event.

Within the framework of the event countries will exchange official visits on a higher level, economic delegations, and hold a number of cultural and social events.

As for the Republic of Tatarstan as one of Russian regions, a performance of M.Dhzalil Tatar academic state opera and ballet theatre will be held in Rotterdam in April within the framework of the Year of the Netherlands in Russia. In August 2013 representatives of Tatarstan will take part in annual Festival of national culture “Constellation of Russia” in the Netherlands.

A Dutch accordion duo “Toeac” will perform in June 2013 in Kazan. From September to November the exhibition “Return of Dutch orientalist Marius Bauer to Moscow” will be organized in State Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Tatarstan.

A solemn closing ceremony of the Year of the Netherlands in Russia will be held in Moscow in November 2013.
SUBSCRIBE FOR NEWS
All content on this site is licensed under
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International