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On December 18, at their meeting at the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Ambassador of the State of Qatar to Russia Fahad bin Mohammed Al-Attiyah discussed issues of further cooperation as part of relations between Russia and Qatar.
On December 16, at the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met Mayor of Izmir city (the Republic of Turkey) Tunç Soyer, who arrived in Kazan to take part in the opening ceremony of the Bridges of Culture Exhibition by Tatarstan artist Raif Tukhvatullin and Turkish artist Zeka Serbest (Izmir).
On December 13, Russian President Vladimir Putin, who arrived on a working visit in Naberezhnye Chelny, was met by Plenipotentiary Envoy to the Volga Federal District Igor Komarov, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and other officials at the Begishevo International Airport.
On December 10, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, who arrived on a working visit in Bratislava (Slovak Republic), was met by State Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of the Slovak Republic Lukáš Parízek and other officials at the Bratislava-Ivanka International Airport.
By Mr. Rustam Minnikhanov, President of the Republic of Tatarstan
The Republic of Tatarstan is one of the leading, industrially developed and innovative regions of the Russian Federation, the territory of intercultural and interfaith dialogue, where East and West meet, trade routes intersect, Islam and Christianity successfully develop and interact.
The unique location of the region in the centre of Russia, at the confluence of the two largest rivers: the Volga and the Kama, where the Great Silk Road and the Furry Road merged, connecting the north and the south of Eurasia, since ancient times it had become one of the reasons for the formation of a large civilization centre in this part of the world.
It was here that in 922, Islam was officially adopted by the ancestors of modern Tatars in the ancient city of Bolgar. For over a thousand years, a unique culture of Christian-Islamic dialogue and harmony has been developed in our land. Today, the Tatars being the second largest ethnicity in Russia and making up more than half of the population of the Republic of Tatarstan practice mainly Islam. The rest of the population – Russians (about 40% of the people residing in the republic), as well as the Chuvash, Mari, Udmurt, Mordovians – as a rule, profess Orthodoxy. Representatives of 173 nationalities live on the territory of the republic in the spirit of neighbourliness and friendship.
On December 3, at the Government House of the republic, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met senior managers of JFR Co. Ltd (Japan) and Syngen Biotech companies, namely Founder and CEO of JFR Co. Ltd Hiroshi Miyazaki, its Development Director Nobumitsu Akai, CEO of a branch of JFR Co. Ltd. in Russia Ruslan Naumov and others.
On November 29, on the sidelines of the fifth meeting of the Russia – Islamic World Strategic Vision Group held in Ufa, Tatarstan President and Chairman of the Group Rustam Minnikhanov handed in the national award “Russia - Islamic World”, which is annually awarded for contribution to the enhancement and dissemination of knowledge about Islam, mutual understanding between the peoples of Russia and the harmonization of state-confessional relations.
On November 26, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in the Tatarstan-Uzbekistan business forum.
Before the event, Minnikhanov and Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Uzbekistan Elyor Ganiev, who is responsible trade and foreign economic cooperation in the Government of Uzbekistan, held a bilateral meeting.
On November 26, in Samarkand, the Republic of Uzbekistan, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov took part in launching a new KAMAZ assembly line at UzAuto Trailer.
Governor of Samarkand region Erkinjon Turdimov, Director General of KAMAZ Automaker Sergey Kogogin and others also became the honoured guests at the event.
On November 25, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov arrived on a working visit in Samarkand, the Republic of Uzbekistan, where he was met by khokim of Samarkand region Erkinjon Turdimov.
Upon his arrival Minnikhanov went to meet the active of Tatar community organization in Uzbekistan.