KAZAN, 21 February (BelTA) - You are a true friend of the Russian state, President of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov said during a meeting with Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko in Kazan, Russia on 21 February, BelTA has learned.
"Welcome to the fraternal Tatarstan. You are a great friend of our republic," Rustam Minnikhanov said. “You are doing a lot for our Russian state. When the sanctions came, we saw who is a friend and who is a fellow traveler. You are the true, closest person for our country, for us."