President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov met with President of International University Sport Federation (FISU) George Killian.

The meeting was held in House of RT Government with participation of RT Premier Ildar Khalikov, member of FISU executive committee - President of Russian sport student council Oleg Matytsin and RT Minister of youth affairs, sport and tourism Rafis Burganov.

President of FISU George Killian arrived in Tatarstan capital for working within the frameworks of international conference dedicated to problems of developing student sport movement “Sport. Education. Culture.” The event will be held on June 16-19 in GTRK “Korston” (Kazan) with participation of heads and members of FISU executive committee.

Rustam Minnikhanov and George Killian discussed preparation and holding summer Universiade 2013, construction of sport objects, etc. Parties also discussed the issue of sport heritage of World student games and work of International educational centre of FISU that will appear in Kazan. The centre is meant to become an innovative project on training qualified staff for world student sport and support of student sport projects.