Mintimer Shaimiev arrives in Semey town in Kazakhstan
15 June 2013, Saturday
On June 16 Tatarstan delegation led by State CounselorMintimer Shaimiev arrived in Semey town in Kazakhstan Republic to take part in Tatar national holiday “Sabantui”.
Chairman of State Council Committee on culture, sciences, education and national issues Razil Valeev, Head of Administration of Nurlat region Nail Sharapov, Deputy Minister of Culture Guzel Nigmatullina, Chairman of Executive Committee of the World Congress of Tatars Rinat Zakirov, Consul General of Kazakhstan in Kazan Askhat Nuskabai are on the delegation.
Guests from Tatarstan Republic will also visit the museum of a famous Kazakh poet and public figure Abai Kunanbaev, and look over the exhibition of Tatarstan People’s Artist Kamil Mullashev who lives in Kazakhstan.
Moreover, a meeting with members of the Tatar diaspora and ethno-cultural centres, trees planting in the park founded by Tatarstan Ministry of Forestry and Kazakhstan company “Baiterek-Zheu”, visit to the Central Mosque and Tatar school of arts are on the agenda.
In the evening Tatarstan delegation will take part in presentation of state prizes of Tatarstan Republic to members of the Tatar diaspora and the concert of Tatarstan masters (the Abai theatre).
On May 26, speaking at a briefing in the Cabinet of Ministers of the republic held in a videoconference mode with participation of all municipal regions of Tatarstan and focused on events scheduled for June 1, International Children’s Day, as well as the implementation of the “Summer in Tatarstan” programme, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva appealed that parents should closely supervise their children during recreational activities near water in order to prevent accidents.
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.