On 22 April 2015, Kazan hosted the 13th Session of the Russian-Cuban Intergovernmental Commission on Trade, Economic, Scientific and Technical Cooperation. Acting Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov noted that Tatarstan is prepared to become a link in the expansion of Russian-Cuban relations.
The Cuban side is interested in upgrading the tyre production, creating the representative office of OAO KamAZ and a service centre for helicopters, in particular for Ansat of Kazan Helicopters.
In his speech, Dmitry Rogozin emphasised the necessity to actively involve Russian regions in bilateral Russian-Cuban relations.