On July 17, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov met in Moscow with Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Colombia to Russia Alfonso López Caballero, having discussed with him his forthcoming visit to this Latin American country.

FIDE president also talked with the adviser to the ambassador and a great chess lover Giovanni Gillen. By the way, the promotion of FIDE programme "Chess in schools" will be the main issue on the agenda of the visit scheduled for August.