Rustam Minnikhanov and Igor Barinov hold a meeting in Bolgar

On September 8, in Bolgar, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Head of the Federal Agency for Nationality Affairs Igor Barinov held a meeting “On developing and implementing innovative technologies for monitoring and forecasting the development of international relations and early prevention of ethnic conflicts.”

Opening the meeting, Minnikhanov said that interethnic and interreligious harmony is one of the most important conditions for the development of Tatarstan and Russia as a whole, and the priority area of the domestic policy. He reminded that the republic is implementing a number of regional and state programs and sub-programs, which are designed in accordance with the Strategy of the state national policy of the Russian Federation and are target-focused and comprehensive.

Barinov in his turn, told about the work on creation of the system of monitoring and forecasting the development of international relations and early prevention of ethnic conflicts. According to him, Tatarstan experience in this area is one of the best in Russia.

During the meeting, Minnikhanov and Barinov signed an agreement on cooperation between the Republic of Tatarstan and the Federal Agency for Nationality Affairs.