On March 27th of this year, the head of the representative office of the Japan Agency for International Cooperation (JICA) in the Republic of Uzbekistan, Dr.Suguru Miyazaki, visited the "Silk Road" International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage.

The first vice-rector of the “Silk Road” University, Prof.J.Eltazarov met the honored guests and warmly welcomed them on behalf of the rector of the University A.A. Abdukhakimov.

During the meeting, an exchange of views took place on issues of cooperation between JICA and the "Silk Road" International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage, as well as Japanese universities in the cultural, educational and scientific fields. There was reached an agreement on the establishment of a joint JICA department at the "Silk Road" University, involving specialists from specialized universities in Japan in the field of tourism, cultural heritage, restoration of cultural heritage and museology in the educational process.

At the end of the meeting, the guests got acquainted with the national costumes of the Silk Road countries, tea galleries, a Library and the recently restored historical building of the Rector's office. The guests were impressed by the presence in the University Library of more than 5,000 rare books, textbooks and educational literature on the Japanese language, literature, culture, history and economics.

The guests were also impressed by the information that from the next academic year, classes in the Japanese language and culture of Japan will begin at the “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage.