On 31 May 2012, the Tatarstan-Turkish Trade and Investment Forum took place in Istanbul with participation of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Russian Federation to Turkey Vladimir Ivanovsky, and Minister of Economic Affairs of Turkey Zafer Çağlayan. The forum was attended by Tatarstan Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov, Director of Foreign Relations Department Iskander Muflikhanov, Director General of OAO Special Economic Zones Oleg Kostin, Chairman of Turkish Confederation of Businessmen and Industrialists (TUSKON) Rızanur Meral, top executives of Tatarstan machine-building and petrochemical enterprises (KamAZ, Tatneft, TAIF, Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Kazanorgsintez, PO YelAZ, KMPO, Tatelektromash, RariTEK, etc.), Tatarstan Association of Enterprises and Entrepreneurs, Tatarstan Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Ak Bars Holding Company, SEZIPT Alabuga, representatives of Turkey’s business community (companies of automotive component cluster, woodworking, furniture and light industries).