On February 12, UzSWLU officials had a meeting with S. Bykov, vice-rector for international cooperation of Irkutsk National Research Technical University of Russia and A. Melentyeva, head of the International Relations Directorate.

During the dialogue, it was announced that Russia is ready to organize free 6-month special internship courses for 10-15 students of the Russian language group of UzSWLU and training courses for teachers, as well as cooperation in other domains.

The parties agreed to develop relations in other areas, including scientific research, organization of summer schools.