The minister of foreign affairs of Sierra Leone to visit RUDN
22 July, 2017, Dr.Kamara, minister of foreign Affairs and international cooperation of Sierra Leone will meet RUDN authorities.
Sierra Leone and RUDN have long been friends, RUDN being the first Russian university to render assistance in training staff for the national economy of the country.
Since 1960, RUDN has prepared 143 specialists in agriculture, civil engineering, management and medicine. In 1988, the two counties signed a protocol of degrees equivalence.
Sierra Leone and RUDN are proud of the graduates. Among them - Edjo Ovone Frederico, graduate'78 of the Faculty of Science, ex-Rector of Malabo university and Ngema Marcelino Ongene, graduate '79 of the Medical faculty, governmental official and ex-minister of foreign affairs.
RUDN will continue to develop partner relations with the universities of Sierra Leone and promote friendship between the two countries.
RUDN representatives told schoolchildren and students of Kenya and Senegal about trends in nuclear energy, Russian technologies and education in Russia.
July 16, Oleg Yastrebov, RUDN University Rector and Riad Haddad, Ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic to Russia held talks. During the meeting, they discussed the study of Syrian students at RUDN University and validation of Russian diplomas. RUDN University Rector assured the meeting participants that the issue of diploma validation would be resolved in the near future.
More than 70 representatives of the embassies of foreign countries in Russia, representatives of the Federation Council, and the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation took part in the round table "The contribution of RUDN University to training national personnel for foreign countries." The event was held on February 5, in an online format and was timed to celebrate the 61st anniversary of RUDN University.