Bilateral documents on the creation of UNESCO Chairs at the Turkmen State University named after Magtymguly and Turkmen State Pedagogical Institute named after Seyitnazar Seydi have been signed today.

The official signing ceremony was held at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkmenistan.

The festive ceremony was opened by the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Turkmenistan to France, Permanent Representative of Turkmenistan to UNESCO Maksat Charyev. The Minister of Education of Turkmenistan G. Ataeva, Deputy Director General of UNESCO Ms. Stefania Giannini, and Executive Secretary of the National Commission of Turkmenistan for UNESCO Chinar Rustemova also made speeches during the event.

Then the rector of TSU named after Magtymguly B. Orazdurdyeva signed an Agreement on the establishment of the UNESCO Chair “Cultural Heritage: from the past to the future” at the Turkmen State University named after Magtymguly.

The rector of TSPI named after Seyitnazar Seydi G. Muhammedov signed an Agreement on the establishment of the UNESCO Chair “Environmental Education for Sustainable Development” at the Turkmen State Pedagogical Institute named after Seytnazar Seydi.

Let’s remind that the decision to create UNESCO Chairs in two higher educational institutions of the country was made in 2021.

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