On March 4, at the Kazan Kremlin, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov held a meeting with the Governor of Kostroma region Sergey Sitnikov, who is on a working visit in Kazan.

Rustam Minnikhanov noted that the history of cooperation between the regions started in 1996 when the agreement on mutual cooperation was signed.

According to Minnikhanov, in 2013 the total volume of trade turnover between Tatarstan and Kostroma region made 2.5 billion roubles, which is not enough, considering the industrial potential of the regions.

Rustam Minnikhanov thanked Sergey Sitnikov for supporting reconstruction of a memorial mosque and noted that now it is important that traditional Islam will be practiced there and the mosque will become an example of friendship between different religions.

Sitnikov thanked Rustam Minnikhanov for a warm reception and noted that he had visited a number of Tatarstan industrial enterprises with other members of the delegation.

Rustam Minnikhanov and Sergey Sitnikov also signed an agreement on trade-economic, scientific-technical, social and cultural cooperation between Tatarstan and Kostroma region.