12:08, 14 февраля 2023, Bishkek - 24.kg news agency , Tatyana KUDRYAVTSEVA
«During the talks, we discussed issues of further cooperation in the cultural and humanitarian sphere, especially in the field of education,» President of Kyrgyzstan Sadyr Japarov told reporters.
According to him, Hungary has allocated a quota of up to 200 places for the education of Kyrgyz students in Hungarian universities under the Stipendium Hungaricum programme.
«We are ready to further strengthen cooperation in this direction. I note with satisfaction that the first Kyrgyz-Hungarian conference of rectors is held these days in the hospitable city of Budapest with the participation of leading higher educational institutions of the two countries. I believe that it will create a good basis for close cooperation between universities,» he said. The president also told that he had discussed with Katalin Novak issues of cooperation within the framework of international organizations, the European Union and the Organization of Turkic States.