MINSK, 5 March (BelTA) - The Academy of Public Administration under the aegis of the President of the Republic of Belarus and the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Kyrgyz Republic have signed a cooperation agreement. The meeting took place in an online format, BelTA has learned from the the press center of the academy.
The parties shall maintain long-term and mutually beneficial relations on the basis of equality and mutual respect.
Vyacheslav Danilovich, the rector of the Belarusian academy, noted that cooperation has certain traditions and has been developing since 2006. "In 2007, our academies signed an agreement on cooperation. It is nice that today we already have the legal framework for furthering cooperation on a number of fronts," he said.
For his part, Almazbek Akmataliyev, the rector of the Academy of Public Administration under the President of Kyrgyzstan, congratulated Vyacheslav Danilovich on his appointment to the post of rector of the Academy of Public Administration and expressed hope for fruitful cooperation.
The parties agreed to cooperate in the following areas: development of joint training and education programs and courses to retrain and enhance the skills of public servants, heads and employees of government agencies and other categories of managerial/non-managerial personnel; joint research; organization of conferences, symposiums, roundtables, and discussions involving national and foreign representatives of the academic community.