Russia and Turkmenistan have underlined the importance of humanitarian cooperation in the CIS

15 May 2019


Humanitarian cooperation has traditionally been one of the most important areas of partnership in the framework of the Commonwealth of Independent States.  The President of Russia Vladimir Putin has greeted the participants of the 14th Forum of Creative and Scientific Intelligentsia of the CIS, which held in Ashgabat.

 

 

The President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow has also greeted the participants of the forum, who underlined that strong friendly ties between Representatives of the Creative and Scientific Intelligentsia of the Commonwealth member states had been tested over the years.

 

 


“The successes achieved by our countries in the fields of culture, art, literature, and science serve to strengthen the relations of friendship and fraternity, the triumph of the principles of peace and solidarity. Serving these noble goals, bringing friendship to a new level is the duty of creative and scientific figures”, he mentioned.

 

 


It is known that more than 200 Representatives of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and Russia are taking part in the event.

 

 

The topic of the current forum is “Common humanitarian space of the Commonwealth: dialogue in the sphere of culture, science, education”.

 

 

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Photo by Алексей Никольский/ТАСС