The eyes of millions of Tatars living in various corners of the globe, are always directed to their historical homeland – Kazan, Tatarstan and its President.

And today, we, the Tatars of Kazakhstan, sincerely welcome and congratulate the people of Tatarstan with a historic choice, having placed stake on quality and dynamic development in all spheres of human activity – credo of acting and newly elected President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov Nurgalievich.

I want to emphasize that for us, the Tatars abroad, the President of Tatarstan has always been associated, and is the leader of our entire Tatar nation, wherever we live.

I wish the people of Tatarstan stability, prosperity, success!

Let get strengthened economic, cultural and human contacts and relations between the two sister republics – Kazakhstan and Tatarstan!

Taufik Karimov, a political scientist and member of the Executive Committee of the World Congress of Tatars, Astana, Republic of Kazahstan