Tatarstan President has met Saudi Arabian Ambassador and Qatari Charge d'Affaires ad interim to Russia

November 27 saw the meeting of the President of the Republic of Tatarstan, Mintimer Shaimiev, and the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Russian Federation, Ali Hassan Jaafar, and the Charge d'Affaires ad interim of the State of Qatar to the Russian Federation, Abdullah Mohammed Al-Derbasti, taking place at the Kazan Kremlin .

The diplomats from Saudi Arabia and Qatar arrived in Kazan on Monday, November 24. They have already visited the Muslims' Religious Board of the Republic of Tatarstan where they met with its chairman, mufti Gusman khazrat Iskhakov. They also visited the Mardjani mosque and got familiarized with the work of the community cultural center "Pearl of faith".

Ali Hassan Jaafar and Abdullah Mohammed Al-Derbasti took part in the scientific and practical conference "Muslim education in Russia: traditions and prospects". On Wednesday, November 26, the ceremony of presentation of the piece of the Holy Carpet, Kiswah, to the museum of Islam took place in the Kul Sharif Mosque.

Early on November 27, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Russian Federation and the Charge d'Affaires ad interim of the State of Qatar to the Russian Federation attended the opening ceremony of the festival of The Culture of Muslim peoples. Then, they had a meeting with Timur Akulov, the State Advisor to the President of the Republic of Tatarstan on international issues, Director of the Department of Foreign Affairs of the RT President.