On 24 July 2015, Interim Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov had a meeting with Minister of Economy of the Republic of Turkey Nihat Zeybekci. The meeting was attended by Tatarstan Prime Minister Ildar Khalikov, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Ravil Zaripov, Aide to the Tatarstan President Radik Gimatdinov, and others.
During the meeting, the parties exchanged their opinion on a number of urgent issues and discussed the areas for the further cooperation. Rustam Minnikhanov noted that Turkey continues to be one of the most important economic partners of Tatarstan, one of the regions of Russia.