On 8 September upon his arrival to the Astana International Airport, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, who came to Kazakhstan on a working trip by an invitation of the Kazakh party to take part in a ceremonial opening of the World Nomad Games, was welcomed by Kazakhstan Minister of Trade and Construction Kanat Sharlapaev and other officials.
The V World Nomad Games are held in Kazakhstan from 8 to 13 September with participation of more than 2 thousand people from more than 85 countries and for the first time they took pace in 2014.
The Games programme includes competitions in 21 competitive and 10 exhibition performance kinds of sports.