On September 11, at the Kazan International Airport, Tatarstan State Counsellor, UNESCO Special Envoy for Intercultural Dialogue Mintimer Shaimiev met His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV, who arrived in Kazan.
Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Vasil Shaykhraziev, Minister of Culture of the republic Irada Ayupova, Deputy Chief of Staff of Tatarstan President’s Administration – Head of State Counsellor’s Secretariat Oleg Glebov and other officials took part in a brief welcoming ceremony.
His Highness Prince Karim Aga Khan IV arrived in Tatarstan to attend in the awarding ceremony of the 2019 Aga Khan Award for Architecture to be held in the Jalil Tatar Academic State Opera and Ballet Theatre on the 13th of September.