On August, 30 minister of Indian Affairs and Development of North of Canada Robert Nolt visits St. Petersburg in the framework of his official visit to Russia. Robert Nolt will have a meeting with St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly deputies.

On the meeting with St. Petersburg legislators the question of holding VI General Assembly of Northern Forum in St. Petersburg in April 2003 with participation in it of a delegation from Canada will be discussed.

On Saturday the Minister Robert Nolt will visit the Institute for People of North close to the St. Petersburg Pedagogical University of Gertsen where current programs of educating people of North are to be discussed. Besides, Robert Nolt will visit Russian Ethnographical Museum where with its director he will discuss the exhibition of the works of art of the indigenous population of Canada which is now under preparation in the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Artists Gallery of Ontario. The exhibition will take place in St. Petersburg in the year of 2003 as part of St. Petersburg 300th anniversary celebration.

The Minister will also take part in a meeting on board of a training sailer -- “Concordia” -- the visit of which to St. Petersburg goes in the framework of realization of the agreement on cooperation, signed between the cities of Quebec and St. Petersburg during official visit of St. Petersburg’s governor Vladimir Yakovlev to Canada in June of 2002.

On September 1 the minister will leave our Northern capital.

News source: rian.ru
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