The
special assistant to the president of the Republic of Uzbekistan H.E Mr. Vladimir
Norov along with his delegation, on Tuesday (today), met with the Federal Minister
for science and technology & Defense Production, Rana Tanveer Hussain here
at Islamabad.
The
delegates apprised the Minister that Uzbekistan has a special focus on research
and technical education. Therefore we have established 78 world class
institutions which includes Al-Khwarizmi university of information technology
Tashkent, which is the largest IT institution in central asia.
The
Uzbek delegation informed the Minister that Uzbekistan is working on the
preservation of Muslim cultural heritage, through digitalization of all
available records and asked for the cooperation of Pakistan in this regard.
Minister
said that Pakistan always valued its relations with Uzbekistan and desired to
further enhance the existing ties, especially in the area of science and
technology.
He
pointed out that relations between Pakistan and Uzbekistan had the
potential to grow further. The minister told the delegates that Pakistan has
established renowned "Scientific research institutions" and a quality
research is being produced there. So both the sides may explore the
possibilities of joint ventures to further enhance the cooperation.
Both
sides appreciated the existing level of cooperation between the two countries
and expressed the desire to expand it further. Moreover, both the countries
also stressed on the need for frequent exchange of visits by the scientists and
researchers in order to identify more areas of cooperation.
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