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First Forum of Rectors of Russia and Kyrgyzstan was held in Bishkek

About 70 agreements on cooperation and implementation of joint programs and projects were signed between the Association of Universities of the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Union of Rectors and universities of Russia

April 03rd, 2019
Margareta Calugher, News from Berlin
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On Wednesday, March 27th, more than a hundred representatives of leading higher educa-tion institutions of the Russian Federation and the Kyrgyz Republic took part in the First Forum of Rectors in Bishkek.

The forum was attended by the Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Mikhail Kotjukov, the Minister of Education and Science of the Russian Federation Olga Vasilyeva, the President of the Russian Union of Rectors, Moscow State University Rector Viktor Sadovnichy, as well as leaders of the Novosibirsk State Technical University, RUDN, Bauman Moscow State Technical University.

The Forum aimed to expand the Kyrgyz-Russian educational and scientific cooperation. The participants discussed issues of Kyrgyz-Russian cooperation in the humanities and natural sciences spheres, new approaches to training of personnel in the context of modernization of the economy, namely, the implementation of new technologies in the educational system.

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