Yunus-Bek Yevkurov and the Salman bin Abdul Aziz al Saud
The head of Ingushetia Yunus-Bek Yevkurov, while on an official visit to Saudi Arabia, gave to king Salman his portrait, made from fish skin. On Wednesday, November 2, reports kp.ru.
“Yes, we the king gave his portrait — from fish skin, in our country there is such an exclusive artist. And another good old dagger. Plus our Ingush honey that he tried, which he is good,” said Yevkurov.
The head of Ingushetia arrived in the middle Eastern Kingdom on October 31. November 1, he met with the king of Saudi Arabia Salman bin Abdulaziz al Saud. According to Yevkurov, the monarch expressed a genuine respect for Russia and its role in world politics.
“It was very sincere. By the way, the king is a modest soul. Of course, he is a deep respect”, — said the head of Ingushetia.
Yevkurov calls of fish leather products brand Ingushetia. In February, he visited the enterprise on manufacture of fish skin “Shadi”. The head of the company said that it plans to increase output by 15 times and has already signed a contract with Peru for the production of the skin of the squid, and “one of the countries of the African continent intends to obtain raw material for the manufacture of the skin of the tuna”.
In September 2015 Yevkurov presented handed to the Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev a gift copy of the book Idris Bazorkin “From the darkness of centuries” bound fish-skin, and gave a gift to his wife Svetlana clutch bag made of fish skin. In 2014, the head of the Republic was presented to Patriarch Kirill his portrait made on canvas from fish skin, as well as the barrel Ingush mountain honey.