King eyes closer relations with Tatarstan

Royal visit: Sultan Ibrahim with Minnikhanov (centre) at the Kazan Kremlin Presidential Palace. — Photo courtesy of Sultan Ibrahim’s official Facebook page

KAZAN: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, expressed hope that his visit to Kazan would inspire stronger ties between Malaysia and the Russian Republic of Tatarstan.

In his address to the Rais of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, at the Kazan Kremlin Presidential Palace here yesterday, Sultan Ibrahim said he is pleased with the growing engagement bet­ween the people of Malaysia and Tatarstan in economic, institutional and cultural cooperation.