Ramazan Abdulatipov, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the Organization of Islamic Cooperation, expressed his respect for Tatarstan at the plenary session of the international economic forum "Russia - Islamic World: KazanSummit 2022".
"I want to express my admiration and respect for Tatarstan, its people and leadership for working so smoothly all these years. I have been interacting with Tatarstan for over 30 years! At the very beginning Shaimiev's team acted like rope walkers going over the abyss but none of them betrayed their Motherland! Tatarstan after the 90's acted as a beacon of federal democracy. The republic became an example of strengthening and uniting different nationalities for many," Abdulatipov stated.
Historically, the Tatars have managed to harmoniously adapt Islam to Orthodoxy and Russian civilization. And we should emphasize this. The adoption of Islam by the Volga Bulgaria played a historic role for the Tatar ethnos. Islam strengthened Tatar society and its cultural traditions. Subsequently, the Tatar Volga region, the Urals, Siberia and the Caucasus were able to take their place in Russian civilization," he noted.
The great deed of their glorious ancestors is continued by today's Tatarstan. The Republic became the flagship of Russia in the cooperation with Muslim countries. KazanSummit has become an important and attractive platform for interaction between Russia and the Islamic world", stressed the Permanent Representative of Russia to the OIC.
Ramazan Abdulatipov took the opportunity to congratulate Chairman of the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan Farit Mukhametshin on his 70th birthday.
GSV "Russia - Islamic World"