On 2 July 2016, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov took part in the meeting between Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of the Netherlands to the Russian Federation Ron van Dartel. The meeting was held in the Governor`s House of the Kazan Kremlin, the working residence of the Tatarstan President.
During the meeting, Dutch Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ron van Dartel noted that he is always pleased to visit Tatarstan as one of the Russia`s regions where there are interesting projects including those in the field of innovations. He said Tatarstan and the Netherlands have to look for a new impetus to further cooperation.