PRESIDENT OF TATARISTAN MINTIMER SHAIMIYEV RECEIVED HERE TODAY MINISTER OF CULTURE AND INFORMATION IYAD MADANI ON THE OCCASION OF HOLDING A SAUDI CULTURAL WEEK IN RUSSIA. TATARISTAN IS THE SECOND LEG OF THE TOUR OF THE SAUDI CULTURAL WEEK IN RUSSIA. FOLLOWING THE AUDIENCE, MINISTER MADANI AND THE PRESIDENT HELD A JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE IN WHICH THEY UNDERLINED THE STRENGTH OF SAUDI-RUSSIAN RELATIONS AND RELATIONS BETWEEN RUSSIA AND THE ISLAMIC WORLD. THE MINISTER INVITED TATARISTAN'S DEPUTY PREMIER AND MINISTER OF CULTURE ZILYA VALEYEVA TO PAY AN OFFICIAL VISIT TO THE KINGDOM.