Uzbekistan has ratified the agreement on the International Organization for the Russian Language.

The President of Uzbekistan, Shavkat Mirziyoyev, has ratified the agreement to establish the International Organization for the Russian Language under the auspices of the CIS. This was reported by TASS.

The agreement to create the International Organization for the Russian Language under the CIS was signed at the summit of the heads of state of the Commonwealth in Bishkek on October 13, 2023. The document states, “To ratify the agreement on the establishment of the International Organization for the Russian Language.”

One of the primary objectives of the organization will be to support quality education in the Russian language, facilitate the training of pedagogical and scientific personnel in the fields of “Russian Language and Literature” and “Russian as a Foreign Language,” as well as to form a reserve of specialists in this area.

The agreement was adopted in October by the lower house of parliament and approved by the Senate of Uzbekistan.