Herwig van Staa visited Tatarstan State Council

09.07.2013


Today President of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, Chairman of the regional parliament of Tyrol Herwig van Staa, visited the State Council of the Republic of Tatarstan. Tatarstan Parliament Speaker, Chairman of the Committee on current affairs of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe Farid Mukhametshin welcomed the dear guest.

The meeting of two parliamentarians was held in a warm and friendly atmosphere. The high guest toured the Parliamentary center, visited plenary sessions chamber, official meetings, press-conference and Presidium rooms. Farid Mukhametshin told Herwig van Staa about the structure of the republican parliament, its forms of work, factions and deputy groups it comprises. The Congress President took a keen interest in the simultaneous translation of plenary sessions in two official languages of the republic - Tatar and Russian.

Herwig van Staa thanked Farid Mukhametshin for organizing the bright presentation of the 2013 Summer Universiade in the Council of Europe headquarters in March of this year and for inviting him to Kazan to see the Games. He also told about the experience of staging the 22nd Winter Student Games in his home town Innsbruck 8 years ago.

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