YB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed was in Kazan from 3rd June until 5th June 2012 to attend the APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade (MRT) Meeting. As part of the visit to Kazan, YB Dato’ Sri Mustapa Muhamed called on His Excellency Rustam Minnikhanov, the President of the Republic of Tatarstan on 4th June 2012. YB Dato Sri’ was accompanied by Y.Bhg. Dato’ Zainol Abidin Omar, Ambassador of Malaysia to the Russian Federation and other officials from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and the Embassy of Malaysia in Moscow.
On 6th June 2012, YB Minsiter and delegation undertook a working visit to Moscow and took the opportunity to meet with 150 Malaysian students in Moscow.