Head of the Federal Agency for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Compatriots Living Abroad and International Humanitarian Cooperation (Rossotrudnichestvo) Eleonora Mitrofanova met with Ambassador of the Arab Republic of Egypt to the Russian Federation Ihab Nasr.
The main topic of discussion was the preparation for the Cross Year of humanitarian cooperation between Russia and Egypt in 2020.
The parties stressed that cultural and humanitarian cooperation is an essential component of international relations.
Mitrofanova proposed to hold a joint conference of Russian and Egyptian universities rectors in 2020 to expand the inter-university dialogue in the field of education, research and culture, and also reminded that in 2019 Russia will accept 95 students from Egypt. At the same time, more than 2,500 applications have already been submitted to the Russian universities.
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