BSU Rector participated in the VII General Assembly meeting of the Union of National Academies of Sciences of the Turkic World
On May 27, the VII General Assembly of the Union of National Academies of Sciences of the Turkic World (UNASTW) convened in Ankara.
The meeting, organized by the Turkic Academy was attended by its President Shahin Mustafayev, Chairman of the Council of Elders of the Organization of Turkic States Binali Yildirim, heads of member Academies of Sciences within UNASTW, leadership representatives from TÜBİTAK and university rectors.
The Assembly's agenda encompassed concrete steps to implement decisions from the previous year's Sixth Assembly meeting in Almaty. Discussions revolved around initiatives that define new directions for expanding scientific cooperation in the Turkic world.
The event was also attended by BSU Rector Elchin Babayev. In his speech at the General Assembly, BSU Rector Elchin Babayev noted that Turkic-speaking countries are experiencing their own renaissance. He stated that cooperation between universities and academies of Turkic states should continue to expand beyond the traditional fields of humanities and social sciences, and that projects in the field of natural sciences should be increased.
Presently, the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Tatarstan in the Russian Federation holds the chairmanship within UNASTW.