Rustam Minnikhanov meets with Tatars of Novosibirsk region

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov has met with activists of the Tatar community of the Novosibirsk region during his working trip. The meeting was held at the Legislative Assembly with participation of Aide to the Tatarstan President on international issues Radik Gimatdinov, Chairman of Executive committee of the World Congress of Tatars Rinat Zakirov.

More than 24 thousand Tatars currently live in the Novosibirsk region. Two big Tatar organisations - the public regional Tatar national and cultural autonomy of the Novosibirsk region and Novosibirsk regional Tatar cultural center are functioning in the region. Representatives of these organisations took part in today’s meeting with the president.

Rustam Minnikhanov thanked participants of the meeting. He noted that Russia is a multi-ethnic country and nations should keep their identity, language and culture. According to the Tatarstan President, the World Congress of Tatars aims to connect Tatar people. Moreover, TV channel “TNV-planet” and on-line program for studying the Tatar language will be launched soon.

The RT President thanked leadership of the Novosibirsk region for attention paid to Tatars.

Participants of the meeting told about life of Tatars in the region and addressed with requests and proposals to head of republic. The Tatarstan President noted that interaction of republic with the region should be developing in different spheres - cultural, scientific and economic.