Rectors of the world's universities discussed joint educational initiatives in the Russian capital
More than 100 rectors and representatives of universities from China, Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia and CIS countries gathered at a round table at the 'Universities and the Future' forum in Moscow.
The parties signed more than a dozen co-operation agreements. The documents envisage, for example, exchange of students and teaching practices, creation of new scientific centres.
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