Rustam Minnikhanov meets representatives of Tatar community of Uzbekistan

On March 23, in Tashkent, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov had a short meeting with representatives of the Tatar community in Uzbekistan.

Chairman of the Board of the Tatar Public Cultural and Educational Centre of Tashkent Rishat Nabiullin and the Chairman of the Council of Elders of Tatars and Bashkirs of Uzbekistan Rim Giniyatullin briefed about the life of the Tatar community.

Nabiullin said that on April 8, Tashkent will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Tatar Public Cultural and Educational Centre, and invited Minnikhanov to the celebrations. Tatarstan President promised to consider the issue and send a representative delegation of cultural figures to strengthen mutual relations.

In his turn, Minnikhanov invited active public figures of the Tatar community to celebrate the 1100th anniversary of the adoption of Islam by the Volga Bulgaria in May and the 8th session of the World Tatar Congress, which is scheduled for early August this year. The parties also agreed to hold the final of the Tatar Kyzy contest in Uzbekistan in autumn, which was postponed because of the difficult epidemiologic situation last year.

Today, more than 300,000 Tatars live in Uzbekistan. The Tatar diaspora of Uzbekistan is one of the most numerous outside Russia. Most Tatars live in Tashkent and Samarkand regions.