25.01.22
On January 24 of this year, Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Investments and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Uzbekistan, Sardor Umurzakov, received a delegation of the leadership of the Council of Higher Education of the Republic of Turkey headed by the Chairman of the Council E. Uzvar. The meeting was also attended by the Turkish Ambassador to Uzbekistan O. Bekar and representatives of the Ministry of Trade of the Republic of Turkey.
During the meeting, issues of bilateral cooperation in the field of higher education were discussed. Measures to accelerate the establishment of an Uzbek-Turkish University in Uzbekistan with the participation of leading educational institutions in Turkey were considered. A corresponding agreement was reached in August 2020 during the visit of the government delegation of Uzbekistan to Ankara. The parties outlined further steps in this direction and agreed to coordinate the existing issues in the near future.
Mutual readiness to expand mutually beneficial partnership was expressed, in connection with which the possibilities of creating new branches of leading educational institutions of Turkey in the regions of Uzbekistan in such areas as engineering, art, medicine, agriculture and tourism were considered. Prospects for deepening cooperation on the exchange of teaching staff, researchers and students were also discussed. An agreement was reached on improving the qualifications of researchers and the level of knowledge and skills of students, as well as organizing lectures, practical classes, interactive seminars and trainings between universities of the two countries.
