
Havana, Feb 10 (Prensa Latina) The Carlos Rafael Rodriguez University, in the central province of Cienfuegos, and the Moscow Energy Institute signed a collaboration agreement in the context of the International University Congress 2022, which is being held in this capital.
The official document was penned on behalf of Cuba by Dr. Orquidea Urquiola, rector of the university, who highlighted the points of coincidence between the two academies and the benefits of the agreement in the search for solutions to the needs of the territory and the country.
The rector of the Moscow Energy Institute, Nikolai Dmitrievich, said after signing the agreement that 70 percent of the budget of his academy is dedicated to financing production, and the results of research are used to develop the industry, agriculture and the economy.
In statements to Prensa Latina, Dmitrievich said that since 1965 his institute has trained more than 400 Cuban professionals.
At the moment, we have relations with the University of Guantanamo, the Jose Antonio Echeverria Technological University of Havana (Cujae, in Spanish) and the University of Matanzas, he stressed.
During the University Congress 2022, the Moscow Energy Institute will also sign agreements with the Dr. Antonio Nuñez Jimenez University in Moa, in the eastern province of Holguin, and the Jesus Montane Oropesa University, in the special municipality of Isla de la Juventud.
The event, which has been in session since Monday until Friday in Havana’s Convention Center, has a program that combines face-to-face and virtual activities and gathers around