Kathmandu, Mar. 12: Graduates and post-graduates of universities of Russia and CIS nations are making significant contributions in the socio-economic activities of the developing countries including Nepal.
Vladimir Korolev, vice president of Moscow-based Russian Centre for International Scientific and Cultural Cooperation under the government of Russia, told The Rising Nepal.
Korolev is in Nepal to attend the First Asia Meet of CIS Graduates held in Kathmandu.
The Kathmandu Declaration which have raised several pertinent issues regarding the problems of education and problems of peace in the world is a major outcome of the Asia meet of CIS graduates, he said.
I am highly impressed by the traditional hospitality of the Nepalese people. Nepal is a country with an ancient civilisation and culture, Korolev said.
He went on: “The exchange of ideas with the vice chancellor of Royal Nepal Academy, the president of Nepal-Russia Chamber of Commerce and Industry and with other Nepalese dignitaries was very interesting.