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Fri, 05/20/2011 - 07:28
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Austrian president to visit Tatarstan

KAZAN, May 20 (Itar-Tass) -- Austrian President Heinz Fischer will
visit predominantly Muslim Republic of Tatarstan on Friday.
Fischer will meet Tatarstan's leader Rustam Minnikhanov and
participate in the Tatarstan-Austrian business forum, Minnikhanov's press
service said.
He will also visit the Kazan University, which is one of the oldest in
the country and was opened in 1804, to meet students and lecturers.
The Austrian president will also tour the Kazan Kremlin which is a
UNESCO monument and has an Orthodox cathedral and a mosque close to each
other to symbolize tolerance.

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