On 19-22 September of this year, members of the delegation headed by the 5th President of the Republic of Indonesia Megawati Soekarnoputri visited Samarkand.
On 21 September, the guests visited “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage. Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change and Rector of the university A. Abdukhakimov welcomed the members of the delegation. First of all, the guests familiarised with the modern conditions and examples of cultural heritage created for students on the campus. Then, a dialogue was held between the 5th President of the Republic of Indonesia, Megawati Soekarnoputri, and the Minister of Ecology, Environmental Protection and Climate Change, A. Abdukhakimov, in which they exchanged views on further improvement of practical work on bilateral cooperation. After that, the main part of the event was the ceremony of awarding diplomas to 45 foreign and 74 local students who graduated from the master’s program of “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage. At the same time, Rector of the university Aziz Abdukhakimov ceremonially handed over the diploma of “Honorary Professor” of “Silk Road” International University of Tourism and Cultural Heritage to the 5th President of the Republic of Indonesia Megawati Soekarnoputri in recognition of high results in the development of tourism and preservation of cultural heritage.
Megawati Soekarnoputri and Aziz Abdukhakimov opened the “Sukarno Park” in the yard of the university in recognition of the 1st President of Indonesia Sukarno’s great contribution to the development of religious and cultural tourism in Uzbekistan.
In the second half of the day, the guests got acquainted with the activities of International Tourism Academy established in cooperation with UN Tourism and more than 200 books were donated to the Academy by Megawati Soekarnoputri.