Council meeting of the Association of World Reindeer Herders (WRH) started in the city of Surgut in the Khanty-Mansiisk Autonomous Okrug in Russia today, October 1. The meeting gathered reindeer herders from 21 reindeer herding regions - 17 regions from Russia and 5 regions outside Russia - Nowray, Sweden, Greenland, Finland and Mongolia, altogether about 40 participants.

Reindeer herders will report on the status of reindeer husbandry in their respective regions, will discuss the report from the WRH Board and work on preparations to the next World Reindeer Herders Congress, which will take place i Khanty-Mansiisk in 2021.