On 20 September at their meeting in the Government House of the republic held with participation of Tatarstan Minister of Industry and Trade Oleg Korobchenko, the regional Minister of Forestry Ravil Kuzyurov and other officials, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and the Belarus Minister of Forestry Aleksandr Kulik, who came to the republic on a working trip, discussed issues of further cooperation, implementation of joint projects and other topics important for the branch.
On 19 September Aleksandr Kulik visited Saby region of the republic where he got acquainted with work of Saby forestry section and the educational-experimental forest farm and studied the work of the Tatarstan Forest Selection and Seed Center.