On December 23, at their meeting at Tatarstan Government House, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and the coordinator of the Strategic Vision Group “Russia-Islamic world” Veniamin Popov discussed issues of international cooperation with the Islamic world, and other topical issues in the international politics.
The parties also discussed the murder of Russia's ambassador to Turkey Andrey Karlov in Ankara on December 19, 2016.