Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov is on a working visit in Barcelona
25 July 2013, Thursday
On July 25 Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov arrived in Barcelona to visit sports venues being used within the framework of 15th FINA World Championship, and study international experience in holding such competitions.
FINA World Championship is being held in Barcelona, the capital of Catalonia province, on July 19- August 4. 2500 sportsmen are taking part in competitions.
520 mln people all over the world are watching FINA World Championship. This year High Diving was included in the programme for the first time in the history of world FINA championships.
Today’s evening Ildar Khalikov is going to visit Palau Sant Jordi Palace in Barcelona, and the exposition “Kazan 2015".
Tatarstan Prime Minister will also visit water polo, synchronous swimming, platform diving competitions, learn about administration, access and security systems at sports venues.
Ildar Khalikov is accompanied by heads of Tatarstan ministries, specialists of autonomous non-profit organisation “Executive Office of the 27th World Summer Universiade 2013 in Kazan”.
Tatarstan Prime Minister’s working visit will last till July 28.
On 4 July at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and the Director General of the FSUE Federal Environmental Operator (FEO) Maxim Pogodin discussed interaction in the issues of implementation of joint projects in waste management and elimination of objects of accumulated environmental damage with the aim of decreasing impact of industry on the environment.
On 3 July at their meeting in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and trade representatives of Russia to foreign countries discussed current trade and economic interaction of the republic with foreign partners, issues of export activities of enterprises of the republic, promotion of Tatarstan produce to foreign markets and development of new niches, issues of logistics and the development in inter-regional ties.
On 1 July in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin held a meeting of organizational committee for preparing an international forum ROSTKI: Russia-China mutually beneficial cooperation, where he said that the forum will be held for the third time in the republic. “It is the largest business platform uniting representatives of business, state power and community of two countries. Since its establishment the forum has proved itself to be an efficient tool for the development of economic cooperation between Russian regions and Chinese provinces, facilitating the implementation of joint investments projects and creating promising productions,” he said.
On 28 June, speaking at a regular meeting in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said there will be a number of public events in the coming week and their organizers together with law-enforcement bodies should ramp up security measures.