Tatarstan President meets with OIC Secretary General
2 October 2013, Wednesday
On October 2 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with OIS Secretary General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu at Tatarstan Government House.
Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu is taking part in the 5th international economic forum of Russia and OIC countries Kazansummit’13 in Kazan. Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu for active participation in development of relations between Russia and OIC countries and support of Kazansummit forum.
OIC Secretary General admitted that he was impressed by Tatarstan’s achievements. He also said that probably this is his last visit to Tatarstan as OIC Secretary General. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu’s term of office expires in three months. Nevertheless, OIC Secretary General is sure that cooperation between Tatarstan and OIC will continue.
Vice-Speaker of Federal Council Ilyas Umakhanov, Deputy Chairman of Tatarstan State Council Rimma Ratnikova took part in the meeting.
On 8 May, speaking at a meeting held by the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, the Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector of the republic Marat Ayzatullin reported that capital overhaul of social facilities is in full swing in the republic with 170 educational facilities having been included into regional and federal programmes.
On 4 May at a briefing held in the Tatarstan Government House it was told that currently there are 92 combat veterans, the last witnesses of the Great Patriotic War (WW II) of 1941-1945, living in the republic. The briefing also informed about veterans’ support measures and how the republic is planning to celebrate the Victory Day on 9 May.
The Deputy Prime Minister of the republic Leyla Fazleeva told that names of 353 Heroes of the Soviet Union from Tatarstan “ are immortalized in street names, on memorials, in monuments and squares and, of course, in our memory”. “The Victory Day is the day of memory, mourning and joy. It is the event which today should be clearly understandable to all young people and younger generation of Tatarstan,” she said.
On 24 April, upon his arrival to the Kazan International Airport, the Defense Minister of China Dong Jun was welcomed by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin, representatives of the General Consulate of China in Kazan and other officials
On 24 April in the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin held a joint meeting the Council for Enforcement of Legislation of Languages of Tatarstan and the organizational committee for celebrations of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay which summarized results of work of the regional law enforcement on official languages of the republic and considered progress of the implementation of the plan of main events for preparation and celebration of the 140th birthday of Gabdulla Tukay .