On June 13 of this year, the administration of the International Islamic University of Malaysia visited “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage. The purpose of the visit was to hold talks with higher education institutions in Uzbekistan, establish joint educational programmes (“two diplomas”, joint faculty, etc.) in such fields as mechanical engineering, pilgrimage tourism, artificial intelligence, robotics, Islamic finance, foreign languages, attract Malaysian professors and teachers to the republic, and develop student exchange programmes.