Putin: Russia and Uzbekistan to develop cooperation in training specialists

On the invitation of President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Islam Karimov, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin arrived in Uzbekistan with an official visit on 10 December.

“We will continue to develop our cooperation in the area of training specialists. Currently, 12,000 young people from Uzbekistan are studying in Russia in a very wide range of areas. We will continue this cooperation, including through making available state-funded places for Uzbekistani students in Russian universities,” Russian leader said.

“We are grateful to Uzbekistan’s government for supporting our humanitarian cooperation. A branch of Lomonosov Moscow State University is working actively and successfully in Tashkent and the Russian Centre of Science and Culture has also opened and is working now. We will continue to give this field of cooperation our full attention,” Putin underlined.