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Russian official: Education is one of Azerbaijan's strategic priorities

Society Materials 22 January 2010 17:48 (UTC +04:00)
Education is one of Azerbaijan's strategic priorities and this is natural, as education provides the nation's future and the future of the country, Adviser to Chairmen of Federation Council in Russia Gennady Burbulis said when meeting with students of Baku Slavic University today.
Russian official: Education is one of Azerbaijan's strategic priorities

Azerbaijan, Baku, Jan. 22 / Trend U.Sadikhova /

Education is one of Azerbaijan's strategic priorities and this is natural, as education provides the nation's future and the future of the country, Adviser to Chairmen of Federation Council in Russia Gennady Burbulis said when meeting with students of Baku Slavic University today.

According to him, today, when the world faced a systemic crisis, Azerbaijan and China are the only countries that maintain the momentum of economic growth. Azerbaijan successfully directs economic dividends to the development of education in the country, he added.

Burbulis is on visit to Baku  to attend the first Azerbaijani-Russian forum on humanitarian cooperation.

Today, Baku hosts the first Russian-Azerbaijani Forum on humanitarian cooperation. Its organizers are the state structures of the two countries. The forum will discuss topical issues of bilateral relations, interaction of political institutions, civil society, professional associations and creative unions of countries. Particular attention will be paid to the role of media in building bridges between Russia and Azerbaijan, bringing the reality of the two states to the general public, preservation of the Russian language and expansion of the Russian-speaking information space.

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