President of Tatarstan highly commends Team 2013's contribution in outgoing year. Part 2
On Tuesday, December 17, President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov held a traditional pre-New Year meeting with representatives of republican and federal media outlets to sum up the results of the year 2013 and to set future goals for the republic. The meeting was attended by Chief of Staff of Tatarstan President's Office Asgat Safarov, Head of Tatarstan President's Press Office Andrey Kuzmin, and Head of the Republican Agency for Press and Mass Communications Irek Minnakhmetov.
The Tatarstan President spoke about the social and economic development of the republic in 2013. According to Rustam Minnikhanov, the most important and significant event of the year was the Summer Universiade .
"I will begin, perhaps, with the biggest events - the Summer Universiade, which we held. We have been preparing for this event for five years. I can say that the Universiade enabled us to transform dramatically our city, our republic, to prepare a lot of professionals, to build the hospitality infrastructure, to construct sports venues, the Universiade Village, and more especially the airport complex, intermodal rail line... Many useful things has been done for the good of the city, for the republic, for our investors, for our residents," the President said.