“Tatarstan leadership has always focused on the experience of the older generation and taken into account wise advices of veterans,” Tatarstan’s Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov said at a jubilee conference dated to the 25th anniversary of the Public organisation of veterans (pensioners) of the Republic of Tatarstan.

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has met with experts of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), advisory body of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, Mr Visy Zsolt and Mr Gergely Nagy. Tatarstan’s State Counselor Mintimer Shaimiev, Minister of culture Airat Sibagatullin, Aide to the RT President on social issues Tatyana Larionova participated in the meeting.

President of Tatarstan has met with Chief of the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring Aleksandr Frolov and Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization Michael Jaro.Minister of ecology and natural resources Artem Sidorov, Aide to the RT President on economic issues Airat Khairullin, and Chief of the Tatarstan Department for hydrometeorology and environmental monitoring Sergei Zakharov were present at the meeting at the Government House.

The International Scientific Conference on the regional aspects of hydrometeorology and environmental monitoring has opened in Kazan. More than 200 scientists and specialists take part in the event.Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization Michael Jaro especially arrived in Kazan to attend the conference.

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has met with officials of Turkish companies “Koç Holding”,”Renaissance” and “Ford Otosan”.Vice-premier and Minister of industry and trade Ravil Zaripov, Minister of construction, architecture, housing and communal services Irek Faizullin, Aide to the RT President on international issues Radik Gimatdinov, Director General of OJSC KAMAZ Sergei Kogogin, Director General of OJSC “Nizhnekamskneftekhim” Vladimir Busygin were present at the meeting. The Turkish delegation is led by chairman of Turkish-Russian business council Erman Ilicak.

Experts of the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), advisory body of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee, Mr Visy Zsolt and Mr Gergely Nagy are staying in Tatarstan. They arrived in order to visit the ancient city of Bolgar and island town Sviyazhsk in the context of inclusion of these historical objects in the list of UNESCO World heritage sites.