Tatarstan President meets with Tatars in Almaty

On June 16 during his working trip to Kazakhstan Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with activists of ethnocultural public associations in Almaty.

The meeting was held within the framework of Sabantui celebrations that took place in one of the world’s best ski complexes “Sunkar”.

Rustam Minnikhanov and Mayor of Almaty Akhmetzhan Esimov visited celebrations and held an official meeting afterwards.

Akhmetzhan Esimov welcomed Tatarstan delegation and thanked Rustam Minnikhanov for attention paid to Almaty delegation during their recent visit to Kazan.

“Cooperation between our regions is intensively developing. Your experience in the sphere of innovations and IT is useful for us,” Akhmetzhan Esimov said.

Rustam Minnikhanov, in his turn, thanked Akhmetzhan Esimov for warm reception. He noted that Tatarstan can adopt Kazakhstan experience in urban development.

Later on the same day, Rustam Minnikhanov met with activists of ethnocultural Tatar public associations and thanked them for work on preserving culture, language and traditions of Tatar people.

Rustam Minnikhanov continued that Sabantui holiday that is celebrated in 55 regions and 23 countries is a good way to maintain identity of Tatar nation around the world.