Ilsur Metshin re-elected as the President of the Eurasian section of UCLG

(Kazan City KZN.RU, July 31, Albert Murtazin). Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin was elected as a President of the Eurasian branch of the world organization "United Cities and Local Governments" for the fourth time. The decision was made today in Kazan City Hall at a meeting of the General Assembly of the Eurasian section of UCLG, which was attended by mayors and representatives of 80 cities of Russia and abroad.

Ilsur Metshin sincerely thanked members for the high confidence, which he had once again. "We are conscious of the responsibility of that we have to do together. Eurasian integration is our tomorrow, the next day our countries. We believe that the municipal and inter-municipal cooperation exchange will help us to make our cities and people's lives more comfortable, safer and better "- the head of the capital of Tatarstan shared.

Recall Ilsur Metshin was elected as a head of the regional branch of the UCLG in October 2006. In 2009, at a joint meeting of the Eurasian regional section of UCLG and the International Assembly of Capitals and Cities the head of the capital of Tatarstan was re-elected for a second term, in 2012 during a meeting of the General Assembly of the IV Eurasian section of UCLG Ilsur Metshin headed the Eurasian department of the organization for the third time.

Also during the meeting of the General Assembly vice presidents have been elected; the mayor of Bishkek Kubanichbek Kulmatov, the head of Rostov-on-Don Zinaida Neyarokhina and the head of Yakutsk Aisen Nikolayev became them. In addition, the participants approved the statutory plan of activities and working programs of the UCLG, the cost estimates for 2016 and the audit committee and the Board of the Eurasian department.