Mintimer Shaimiev meets with Board member of Russian-Turkish Public Forum Vladimir Ivanovsky

On August 16 Tatarstan State Counsellor Mintimer Shaimiev met with Board member of Russian-Turkish Public Forum Vladimir Ivanovsky.

From January 2007 to July 2013 Vladimir Ivanovsky worked as Ambassador of Russian Federation to Turkish Republic and made substantial contribution to development of Turkish-Tatarstan relations.

At the beginning of the meeting Mintimer Shaimiev thanked the guest for long-term fruitful cooperation that favours consolidation of relations between two countries and regions.

Vladimir Ivanovsky told that he was impressed by changes that were made in Kazan before Universiade 2013. He accompanied Turkish President Abdullah Gul (February, 2009) and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan (March, 2011) during their visits to Tatarstan.

At present, Vladimir Ivanovsky is the Board member of Russian-Turkish Public Forum. To the point, the decision about organization of the forum was made in 2010 when High-Level Russian-Turkish Cooperation Council was established.

During the meeting Vladimir Ivanovsky told about main areas of activity of Russian-Turkish Public Forum. The forum is meant to develop a strategy and main areas of cooperation between two countries.

Mintimer Shaimiev and Vladimir Ivanovsky exchanged their opinions on holding of Russian-Turkish Public Forum in Kazan in November this year.