Mintimer Shaimiev speaks at an expanded meeting of the Council of the Assembly of Peoples of Tatarstan

On November 3, Kazan hosted an expanded meeting of the Council of the Assembly of Peoples of Tatarstan, dedicated to the 30th anniversary of the Assembly and the upcoming National Unity Day.

Before the meeting, participants and guests of the solemn event visited the photo exhibition «Assembly of Peoples of Tatarstan: history and modernity», opened in the exhibition hall of the House of House of Peoples' Friendship.

Tatarstan State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev, Honorary Chairman of the Assembly of Peoples of Russia, Permanent Representative of Russia to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation Ramazan Abdulatipov, Deputy Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Volga Federal District Igor Panshin, members of Tatarstan Government, representatives of relevant ministries and departments, heads of diplomatic missions of foreign states accredited in Kazan, heads of national-cultural associations, branches and representative offices of the Assembly, Houses and Friendship Centers in the regions of the republic - in total more than 220 guests and participants took part in the forum.

Chairman of the State Council of the republic, Chairman of the Council of the Assembly of Peoples of Tatarstan Farid Mukhametshin congratulated the leaders and veterans of the multinational movement of Tatarstan on a landmark event in the life of the republic. Presidential Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Volga Federal District Igor Komarov and Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov sent greetings to the participants of the meeting.

In his welcoming speech at the meeting, Shaimiev emphasized: “We are living witnesses of historical events, we are going through many things and have passed through a lot, but despite all the complexity, the past years have changed us for the better, with our own hands and consciousness we create the future, transforming ourselves and those around us. This is the driving force of progress and our achievements”.

Congratulating the people of Tatarstan on the 30th anniversary of the establishment of the Assembly of Peoples of the Republic of Tatarstan, Ramazan Abdulatipov emphasized that the experience of Tatarstan in the implementation of national policy is rightfully included in the "golden fund" of legal decisions of a multinational country.

The meeting ended with the ceremony of handing in the awards to activists of the multinational movement of the republic.