On 15 April of this year, the second forum of rectors of higher education institutions of the Republics of Uzbekistan and Tajikistan was organised in Tashkent. As part of participation in the forum, a delegation consisting of the Executive Office of the President of the Republic of Tajikistan headed by the Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Tajikistan, responsible officers of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Republic of Tajikistan, rectors and pro-rectors of 18 Tajik higher education institutions visited Uzbekistan.

Within the framework of the forum, "Silk Road" International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage signed a memorandum of understanding with the Tajik National University of the Republic of Tajikistan, the State Commercial University of Tajikistan and the State Institute of Culture and Arts of Tajikistan named after Mirzo Tursunzoda. The main objective of the memorandums is to increase the share of foreign students through more exchanges from the partner universities, to increase the practice of professors between the universities through participation in international grants, and to further enrich co-operation between the two state universities.