Today, the Plenary session of the VIII Congress of the World Congress of Tatars is being held at the Kazan Expo International Exhibition Center.

Here, by voting of all delegates of the congress, the new composition of the National Council of the World Congress of Tatars was approved. It included 75 authoritative representatives of the Tatar people.

Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan Vasil Shaykhraziev was elected Chairman of the National Council of the World Congress of Tatars. He was presented by the Hero of the Russian Federation Damir Yusupov.

– Dear delegates and guests! We have been working effectively for 5 years. We hope that in the next 5 years, with the support of our President, we will reach even higher heights! May the Tatar people be eternal! We shall be together! Let’s be united! Vasil Shaykhraziev addressed his compatriots.

Also, the Vice-Presidents of the National Council were elected here.