Chungnam Province Signs Friendship Exchange Agreement with Uzbekistan's Fergana Province

Governor Kim Tae-heum Receives Honorary Doctorate from Fergana State University

Chungnam Province has joined hands with Fergana Province, a representative industrial region in eastern Uzbekistan.

On the 6th (local time), Governor Kim Tae-heum, who embarked on a Central Asia trip to expand local diplomacy, signed a friendship exchange agreement with Governor Bozarov Khairulla at the Fergana Provincial Office.

According to the agreement, excellent policies with expertise in various fields such as trade, investment, and science will be mutually shared, and economic delegations will be dispatched to promote regional economic development.

Fergana Province is considering establishing a Fergana Provincial Office in Chungnam and dispatching public officials. They also agreed to strive for human exchange by sending vocational retraining personnel with basic Korean language skills to Chungnam.

The province plans to expand the number of Uzbek students studying in Chungnam to 3,000. When Uzbek university students come to Chungnam for study, jobs linked to companies will be provided, and after graduation, visa system improvements will be planned to allow them to work at Korean companies.

On the same day, Governor Kim received an honorary doctorate from Fergana State University.

Bakodirjon Shermuhammedov, President of Fergana State University, awarded the honorary doctorate to Governor Kim in recognition of his contributions to higher education cooperation between Chungnam and Fergana and the expansion of exchange cooperation between the two regions.

Located at the easternmost part of Uzbekistan, Fergana Province has an area of 6,800㎢, smaller than Chungnam (8,200㎢), but its population of 4.2 million exceeds that of Chungnam (2.12 million).

Fergana State University was established in 1930 and was promoted to a comprehensive university in 1991. It operates 13 faculties, 48 departments, 60 bachelor's programs, and 34 master's specialized fields.

It was ranked 7th among Uzbek universities by the international university ranking agency Round University Ranking and was selected as the top higher education institution recognized by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Innovation.

Governor Kim said, "We signed a friendship exchange agreement with Fergana and promised to exchange in various fields such as economy, culture, and education. From today, I will fulfill my role as an alumnus for Fergana University students and faculty."

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