On September 24, during the visit of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov to Sakhalin (September 23-25), the agreement on trade-economic, scientific-technical, social and cultural cooperation for 2016-2018 between Tatarstan and Sakhalin region was signed in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk.
The document was signed by Rustam Minnikhanov and the Governor of the Sakhalin region Oleg Kozhemyako.
The agreement lays the foundation for the development of interregional programmes, projects and plans, cooperation in the sphere of health care, science, culture, education, social protection, family and gender policy, demographic development, physical culture and sport, youth policy, business activity, and other spheres.