On August 30, at their meeting at the Kazan race track, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Executive Director of the World Arabian Horse-racing Festival Lara Sawaya discussed promising areas of cooperation in the field of horse breeding and development of racing industry.
Lara Sawaya also chairs the Committee of Women's horse-racing in the International Federation of Arabian Horse Racing authorities and the Board of the International Federation of Horse Racing Academies.