On 20 September 2016, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov participated in the meeting between Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Belarus in Russia Igor Petrishenko. During the meeting, parties discussed issues of further development of bilateral cooperation between Tatarstan and Belarus within the Russian-Belarus relations. They also discussed an issue of implementing a number of joint projects.
Main areas for bilateral cooperation traditionally include mechanical engineering, production of agricultural machinery, and manufacture of special-purpose equipment, petrochemicals, textiles, pharmaceuticals, agricultural products, and food supply.