The rectors of the Turkmen State University named after Magtymguly Bayramgul Orazdurdyeva and the Astrakhan State University named after V.N. Tatishchev Konstantin Markelov signed an agreement in the field of education on June 9 in Moscow. The Ministry of Foreign Relations of the Astrakhan region reported about this.
The signing was held within the framework of the meeting of the Chairman of the Government of the Astrakhan region Oleg Knyazov with the Turkmen delegation headed by Ambassador Batyr Niyazliev.
Turkmen and Astrakhan universities agreed on the implementation of joint projects, academic exchanges, organization of advanced training courses, development and implementation of educational programs, including those providing for the issuance of double diplomas.
According to ASU rector Konstantin Markelov, Astrakhan universities have been successfully graduating specialists for Turkmenistan for many years.
“We have about 1800 foreign students and more than half of them are citizens of Turkmenistan. We are interested in further training of highly qualified personnel for our neighbors”, he said.
