VIRTUAL SILK ROAD PROJECT’S COUNCIL MEETS IN TASHKENT

UzReport.com
October 2, 2008 Thursday
Uzbekistan

The regular meeting of the council of the NATO’s Virtual Silk Road
project started in Tashkent on 1 October, UzA reported. The event has
been organized by the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Uzbekistan
and NATO Science Committee. Professionals, experts and scholars from
Uzbekistan, Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan,
Azerbaijan, Germany, Belgium, Poland, Britain, the Netherlands,
Belarus, Norway, Hungary, Turkey and Armenia are taking part in the
session. Opening the meeting, President of the Academy of Sciences
Shavkat Salikhov said that in Uzbekistan telecommunications and
information technologies were being intensively introduced in all
spheres. In the framework of the Virtual Silk Road project Uzbekistan
is involved in the creation of the scientific network of Central
Asia and the Caucasus. With this purpose, the UzSciNet network was
created in the country. It contains information related to science
and culture of Uzbekistan and assists in preparation of specialists
in the IT field. During the two-day meeting, issues of multilateral
cooperation in the framework of the Virtual Silk Road project, as
well as intensifying the exchange of experience and information will
be considered.