On 25 July, Ambassador of Japan to Uzbekistan Yosihisa Kuroda and Deputy Prime Minister of Uzbekistan Abdulla Aripov signed an exchange notes within the programme of the Japanese Government on project “Allocation of stipends for training specialists”.

The grant is allocated for organization of education of Uzbekistan representatives in Master courses at leading Japanese universities.

Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) and Japan International Cooperation Center (JICE), Ministry of Higher and Secondary Special Education and Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations, Investments and Trade of Uzbekistan will select candidates for education.

In the beginning of next month, fifteen citizens of Uzbekistan will participate at the 12th internship in Japan.

Earlier, some 206 people from Uzbekistan studied at Master courses in Japanese universities. After study, they return to Uzbekistan and help for development of Uzbekistan.

Since 1999, the Government of Japan has allocated over US$45 million to implement this project.