On 20 May 2016, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov during a business breakfast within the framework of the 8th International Economic Summit “Russia – Islamic World: KazanSummit 2016” has stated that KazanSummit had become a place for meetings and open dialogues between Russia and the countries of the Islamic world. Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov has participated in the business breakfast as well.