On 3 April 2016, within the working visit to Manama (Kingdom of Bahrain), Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov met with a representative of the Bahrain Royal Family, Sheikh Hamad ben Ibrahim Al Khalifa.
Sheikh Hamad ben Ibrahim Al Khalifa thanked Rustam Minnikhanov for the visit and noted that Bahrain is interested in building strong bilateral cooperation with the Republic of Tatarstan as one of the leading regions of the Russian Federation.
The parties discussed the issues of developing partnership relations in manufacturing industry, agro-industrial sector, culture, education and science, and tourism.