<span style="color: #222222;">International Roerich Memorial Trust is playing a pivotal role in fortifying the trust and peaceful relations being enjoyed by the Russia and India. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur said this while presiding over the 18th meeting of the Board of Trustees of the International Roerich Memorial Trust held in Shimla today. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Jai Ram Thakur stated that state government would provide all possible help to develop the Roerich Art Gallery as the major centre of art and culture.The state government would also send a comprehensive proposal to the Union Ministry of Culture for getting grant under the museum grant scheme. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">Ambassador of the Russian Federation to the Republic of India Nikolay Kudashev said that the Russian Embassy is willing to cooperate closely with the state government to handle the issues of maintaining, preserving and restoring this museum. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The International Roerich Memorial Trust is located at world famous tourist destination and foreign tourists visiting Kullu-Manali invariably also visit the Roerich Art Gallery.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">It may be recalled that both Indian and Russian government had been contributing significantly for the maintenance and development of this Trust. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The Trust was being managed on the basis of mutual co-operation and collaboration by the Himachal and the government of Russia through Russian embassy in India with active support of ICR, Moscow.</span><br />''