Tashkent, Uzbekistan (UzDaily.com) -- On 12 April 2022, at the initiative of the Korean side, the Minister of Preschool Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan Agrippina Shin met with the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Korea to the Republic of Uzbekistan, Mr. Kim Hee-sang, at the Ministry of Preschool Education.

During the conversation, the current state and prospects for further strengthening Uzbek-Korean relations in the field of preschool education were discussed.

In his opening speech, the head of the Korean delegation emphasized that the Korean side is committed to building capacity in promoting mutually beneficial cooperation in the field of preschool education.

According to the guest, strengthening cooperation between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Republic of Korea is an important condition for the implementation of ongoing projects between states, in particular in the field of preschool education.

It was emphasized that against the background of the growing attention of the leadership of the Republic of Uzbekistan to the issues of preschool education, the Korean side will provide the Republic of Uzbekistan with all possible assistance in this area, in particular in the implementation of the KOICA project for the construction of a comprehensive center for the training, education and development of personnel and an innovative state preschool educational organization in the city of Tashkent.

For his part, Mr. Kim Hee-sang expressed his readiness to assist the Ministry in establishing relations between the Korean children’s educational television channel EBS and the Uzbek television channel Aqlvoy. In particular, Mr. Kim Hee-sang promised to make sure that a memorandum of cooperation was signed between TV channels, and children living in the Republic of Uzbekistan had the opportunity to watch a variety of educational cartoon films.

As a result of the negotiations, the parties reached an agreement to continue joint work in the development of the educational process in the Republic of Uzbekistan, the press service of the MDO reports.