(KZN.RU,
October 17). The opening of the International Specialized Exhibition
“Doroga-2018” was held in Kazan. The event took place on a new site in one of
the pavilions “Kazan EXPO”. Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of the RT, Igor
Levitin, an assistant to the President of Russia, Asgat Safarov, the head of
the Presidential Administration of the RT, Ilsur Metshin, the Mayor of Kazan,
and others took part in the ceremony.
In his
welcoming speech, Igor Levitin, an assistant to the President of Russia,
congratulated everyone on their professional holiday, the Day of Road Workers.
This exhibition is the final report of the road workers over the past year,
said Igor Levitin and recalled that the event is being held for the ninth time.
According to him, an exhibition from Moscow moved to the region, to the RT, for
the first time.
The new
venue “Kazan EXPO” is a place where all the conditions are created for holding
such events, said Igor Levitin. He also recalled that the opening of a section
of the M-7 highway “Volga” had just taken place, which had been under
construction for several years. The road of the first category is great, marked
the assistant to the President of Russia. “We are building roads not for cars,
but for people”, he concluded.
Rustam
Minnikhanov, the President of the RT, thanked the Federal Highway Agency for
the decision to hold the exhibition “Doroga-2018” in Tatarstan. This is a
landmark event for us, said Rustam Minnikhanov.
Then the
honored guests of the event pressed a symbolic button, thereby launching the
specialized exhibition “Doroga-2018”.
Rustam
Minnikhanov, Igor Levitin, and others also got acquainted with the exhibitors'
booths, reports the press service of the President of the RT.