Today, President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Bahrain to the Russian Federation.
The meeting took place as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.
Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Ahmed Abdulrahman Al-Saati for his attention to cooperation with Tatarstan as a region of the Russian Federation within the framework of Russia-Bahrain relations.
"The evidence of our friendly relations, especially in today's difficult realities, was the recent visit to Tatarstan by the Chairman of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs of Bahrain, Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Khalifa," Rustam Minnikhanov reminded, welcoming the guest.
It will be recalled that the Chairman of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs of Bahrain took part in the events celebrating the 1,100th anniversary of the adoption of Islam by the Volga Bulgaria in Kazan in May this year.
"Please pass on the words of gratitude to His Highness Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain, for your country being represented at our events," Rustam Minnikhanov said to the ambassador.
The president said Tatarstan highly appreciates its good relations with Bahrain and is striving to expand them.
Rustam Minnikhanov reminded that the Tatneft Company is interested in cooperation with Bahrain, and its representatives are ready to visit Manama to discuss steps on cooperation and interaction.
Besides, cooperation in attracting Bahrain to implementation of Tatarstan investment projects; establishment of cooperation in the sphere of "Islamic finance", "Islamic banking", "Islamic tourism"; cooperation within such international formats as the OIC, the Group of Strategic Vision "Russia - Islamic World"; supply of products manufactured by the machine-building complex enterprises (PJSC "KAMAZ") to Bahrain; textile industry.
"His Majesty will certainly visit Kazan," said the ambassador. - "We confirm that Bahrain is a very friendly country. We are ready to cooperate and be useful in all directions. We are interested in cooperation with KAMAZ".
GSV "Russia - Islamic world"
Photo: official website of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan
Based on materials from the Press Service of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan