President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov met with the Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov.

To the point, Rustam Minnikhanov is on a working trip in the Turkmenistan capital – Ashkhabad (April 28-29, 2012) to take part in Days of Tatarstan culture.

Rustam Minnikhanov and President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov have attended solemn events dated to the Turkmen Racing Horse Festival. Celebrations took place at the Ashkhabad Equestrian Centre where a meeting of Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov with Rustam Minnikhanov was also held.

The parties discussed development of mutually beneficial relations between Turkmenistan and Tatarstan as one of RF regions. Rustam Minnikhanov thanked the Turkmenistan President for offering an opportunity to organize Days of Tatarstan culture in Ashkhabad (April 25-28, 2012).

In addition, he noted that the representative Tatar diaspora currently live in Turkmenistan (reference: according to the data of the Executive Committee of the World Congress of Tatars, about 17 000 Tatars live in Turkmenistan, including 5-6 thousand residing in Ashkhabad).

Later on, Rustam Minnikhanov and Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov talked about cooperation in education, culture and economy.