On 15 March 2016, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov participated in the meeting between Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Belarus Prime Minister Andrei Kobyakov in the Kazan Kremlin.
The parties signed agreements on cooperation between Kazan and Minsk and between Tatarstan Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Belarusian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.