On 8 May the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov held a meeting of the organizational committee on celebrations of the 79th anniversary of the Victory in the WWII held in the Government House of the republic with participation of the State Counselor of the republic Mintimer Shaimiev, the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and members of the government of the republic, representatives of ministries, public organizations and enterprises and heads of cities and regions of the republic. 

On 7 May an official delegation from Tatarstan headed by the regional Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov came to the UAE to take part in an annual Investments Forum AIM Congress 2024 held in Abu-Dhabi.

The forum brought together leaders and experts of the branch from all over the world and is dedicated to transformational changes happening on the global investments landscape.

On 7 April the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov took part in a ceremony of inauguration of Russian President Vladimir Putin held in the Great Kremlin Palace in Moscow.

On May 6, speaking at a briefing held in the Government House of Tatarstan and dedicated to the issues of holding the sowing campaign in the republic, Deputy Prime Minister of the republic-Tatarstan Minister of Industry and Trade Marat Zyabbarov said that in the current year the sowing area will be 2.7 million hectares, which is at the level of last year, including 1.8 million hectares allocated for spring sowing.

On 4 April, speaking at his meeting with the President of Guinea-Bissau Umaro Mokhtar Sissoco Embal on the sidelines of the 15th OIC Summit in Gambia, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said: “Our meeting at the Summit is a good opportunity to learn more about the economic and industrial potential and to discuss cooperation prospects.” 

On 4 April, at their meeting on the sidelines of the 15th OIC Summit in Gambia, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey Hakan Fidan, who came to office a year ago, stated the importance of holding the OIC Summit for the Islamic world countries. The parties also discussed current Tatarstan-Turkey projects, with the mutual trade turnover having increased by 2.5 times and reached 2.9bn US Dollars in 2023.

On 4 April, speaking at his meeting with the President of Sierra-Leone Julius Maada Bio on the sidelines of the 15th OIC Summit in Gambia, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said: “Relations of the Russian Federation with African countries have always been warm and developed constructively. We highly appreciate the opportunity of establishing cooperation between our republic and Sierra-Leone within the framework of Russia-Gambia relations. Unfortunately the level of trade-economic cooperation of Tatarstan with your country is currently low. At the same time our helicopters and trucks are well known in African markets.”

On 4 April, speaking at his meeting with the President of Gambia Adama Barrow, the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, who came on a visit to the City of Banjul, said:” Relations of the Russian Federation with African countries have always developed constructively. There are good opportunities for further development of this cooperation. In its turn Tatarstan is interested in interaction with your country within the framework of Russia-Gambia relations.” 

On 5 April the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, who is the Chairman of the Strategic Vision Group “Russia-the Islamic World” and is the head of the Russian delegation at the Summit, took part in a ceremony of opening the XV Summit of heads of states and governments of countries-members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) which is organized in the City of Banjul in Gambia. 

On 4 May the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minikhanov, as the head of the Russian delegation, came on a working trip to the Republic of the Gambia to take part in the 15th Summit of Heads of the states-members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC).