Hungarian-Turkic Cultural, Higher Education and Innovation Summit in Budapest
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MTI – Talks to be held over the next two days offer good hope that Hungarian-Turkic cooperation in culture, higher education and innovation could be brought to a new level, the minister of culture and innovation said on Monday, ahead of the Hungarian-Turkic Cultural, Higher Education and Innovation Summit organised for the first time in Budapest.
Hungarian-Turkic Cultural, Higher Education and Innovation Summit
Representatives of the governments of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Türkiye and Uzbekistan have been invited to participate in the event, Balázs Hankó told a press conference.
“Our goal is to adopt a declaration of cooperation on Tuesday that will strengthen joint training in higher education, joint innovation research applications, and set out the construction of research parks,” Hankó said. In culture, cooperation is planned in music, folk art, the film industry and national museums and galleries, he added.
“It is particularly important to establish cooperation that strengthens national identity. There are currently 517 university cooperation agreements with Turkic states, which we would like to further strengthen. Our goal is for the more than 1,600 students from Turkic states studying in Hungary to be even more present in the fields of technology, natural sciences, engineering, and information technology, and to strengthen the position of the Hungarian economy and science in Turkic states through joint and dual degree programs,” said the minister.