On 13 June, Rector of the Bolgar Islamic Academy Farkhat Khusnutdinov met with Mintimer Shaimiev, state counsellor of the Republic of Tatarstan, chairman of the board of trustees of the Republican Foundation for the revival of monuments of history and culture of the Republic of Tatarstan.

During the meeting, the parties discussed the issues of improving scientific, educational and enlightening activitiy, as well as the development of the infrastructure of the Bolgar Islamic Academy and the White Mosque complex. The Rector of the Academy noted the great contribution of the state counsellor of the Republic of Tatarstan Mintimer Shaimiev in establishing the Bolgar Islamic Academy and thanked him for his systematic support of the Academy.

In turn, Mintimer Shaimiev spoke about the key stages of the construction of the Bolgar Islamic Academy and the implementation of other significant projects of the republican fund “Revival”.

He also assured of readiness to provide all-round support to the activities of the Bolgar Islamic Academy aimed at training the intellectual elite of the country’s Muslim Ummah.