On January 20, the first meeting of the Bureau of the National Council was held.

Chairman of the Executive Committee of the World Congress of the Tatars in 2002-2017, member of the National Council of the WCT Rinat Zakirov expressed his opinion on the activities of the Bureau.

“The meeting of the Bureau shows which areas of the congress’s activities should be given increased attention. Every question raised in today’s speeches is relevant. In recent years, we have been talking a lot about our native language, schools, education, and science. But in the current conditions, we cannot have a significant impact on the direct activities of these areas. We all understand this. Therefore, I am of the opinion that the main attention should be paid to the sphere of national culture. There are no restrictions, the possibilities can be used as they are”, he said.