Tatarstan President meets with Consul General of Turkey in Kazan Ahmet Tuta
23 December 2010, Thursday
Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with Consul General of the Republic of Turkey in Kazan Ahmet Tuta on Thursday, December 23.
Ahmet Tuta is finishing his work in the Republic of Tatarstan due to transfer to a new diplomatic post.
Many events which were significant both for Tatarstan economy and the Turkish economy happened while Ahmet Tuta was in office, Rustam Minnikhanov noted.
“What concerns Tatarstan, we always supported contacts with the Turkish Republic in economy, culture, education, healthcare and other fields,” Rustam Minnikhanov said.
He reminded that the Turkish prime minister’s visit to Tatarstan is expected.
Consul General of the Turkish Republic in Kazan Ahmet Tuta stated that the year of 2010 had been full of important events in Tatarstan-Turkey relations, mainly thanks to sincere support and attention from the Tatarstan authorities. He expressed confidence that the cooperation will develop successfully in the future.
Ahmet Tuta said he would hand over the invitation letter from Rustam Minnikhanov to the Turkish prime minister.
Ahmet Tuta thanked Rustam Minnikhanov for the assistance rendered to him during his term as the consul general of the Turkish Republic in Kazan.
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Minister of Ecology and Natural Resources Azat Ziganshin informed that the regional central cleaning up action will be held in the republic on 25 April and clarified that the location of the national cleanup day will be announced later as the site will be chosen taking into account the opinions of Tatarstan residents.
On 28 March, speaking at a meeting held by Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin in the Government House of the republic with participation of the regional and the Acting Chairman of the State Council of the republic Marat Akhmetov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the regional Deputy Minister of Construction, Architecture and Housing Utilities Sector Damir Shaydullin informed about statistics on the collection of utility bills payments from the population and data on the payment discipline of enterprises and organizations of the republic.
On 27 March, speaking at a ceremonial event dedicated to celebrations of the Day of Russian National Guard held at the Kazan City Hall with participation of the Chief of the Office of the Staff of the Rais of the republic Asgat Safarov, heads of law-enforcement bodies of the republic and veterans and employees of the territorial Directorate of the National Guard, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian National Guard Directorate for the republic Republic of Tatarstan is traditionally acknowledged as one of the best in the country.