On 23 March 2016, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov met with the delegation from Thuringia, Germany.
The meeting held in the Tatarstan Ministry of Industry and Trade, was attended by top officials of the Protocol Department of the Prime Minister of Thuringia, the International Relations Department of the State Chancellery of the Prime Minister of Thuringia, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Science, and Digital Society of Thuringia.
During the meeting, the parties discussed issues of organizing and holding the oncoming visit to Tatarstan of the Thuringian delegation headed by Bodo Ramelow, the Prime Minister of the Free State of Thuringia scheduled from 19 to 21 April 2016.