Dmitry Medvedev and Rustam Minnikhanov hold bilateral meeting

On July 17 at their meeting in Kazan Chairman of Russian Government Dmitry Medvedev and Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov summarized the results of 27th World Summer Universiade.

The meeting took place at the International Information Center in Universiade Village.

Dmitry Medvedev opened the meeting by saying that in his opinion the Universiade was a success. “In my opinion, everything has been done very well. I hope that the final day will also be very successful for our national team and everyone who is taking part in the Universiade,” Chairman of Russian Government said.

He noted that within the last few years Kazan had significantly changed while preparing for Students games.

Rustam Minnikhanov, in his turn, noted obvious results after 5 years of preparation for the Games.
“Now we see the new city. Everything has been done for our people. We demonstrated the identity and the power of our country. We made our city more comfortable,” Tatarstan President said.

According to Tatarstan President, it would take 15 years to perform such a large modernization of the city without the government support.

He added that the Universiade brought Tatarstan and Russia together. Universiade Torch Relay was held in 30 Russian cities and celebrated like a public holiday.

“I am very grateful to Russian President, Dmitry Anatolievich, Chairman of Organizing Committee Igor Shuvalov, and Minister of Sport. Everything has been done well. We all have passed an important exam. I think, that we must have good results at Winter Olympic Games and we will do our best,” Tatarstan President said.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev also thanked those who took part in the Universiade. “Let me thank Tatarstan and Kazan citizens for their hospitality. Universiade is the most uniting event,” Chairman of Russian government said.