The President of the Republic of Srpska Milorad Dodik and the Head of the Russian Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov signed a protocol on cooperation between the Republic of Srpska and Tatarstan today in St. Petersburg.

The protocol covers trade-economic, scientific-technological, social, and cultural-humanitarian cooperation, reports SRNA from St. Petersburg.

The signing ceremony was attended by the the Minister for Scientific and Technological Development and Higher Education of the Republic of Srpska Željko Budimir, the Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Relations in the Council of Ministers Staša Košarac, as well as the Head of the Representation of the Republic of Srpska in Moscow Duško Perović.

Before the signing of the agreement, a meeting of delegations from the Republic of Srpska and Tatarstan, led by the President Dodik and Head of the Republic of Tatarstan Minnikhanov, was held.

The protocol was signed within the framework of the International Economic Forum.