The visit of the Ambassador of Kazakhstan to «Vinća» Institute of Nuclear Sciences is focused on giving new accents in cooperation with Serbia

Belgrade, April 7, 2023 – As part of the Embassy's activities to explore the potential of cooperation with Serbia in the field of science, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan Madi Atamkulov visited the oldest and the largest in the Balkan region «Vinća» Institute of Nuclear Sciences and met with its director professor Snezhana Pajovic.

The «Vinća» Institute was founded in 1948 as a research center for the study of the most modern areas of fundamental natural sciences - physics, chemistry and biology.

Shortly after its foundation, the Institute was entrusted with the task of implementing the state nuclear research program, which ended in 1968. Subsequently, the Institute continued research within the framework of a mixed (not only nuclear) concept. Today «Vinća» is a multidisciplinary scientific institute covering a large number of scientific and technical-technological disciplines.

The kazakhstani diplomat got acquainted with the history of creation and practical experience of such a unique research institution.

Taking into account the multidisciplinary scientific potential of «Vinća» Institute, the Ambassador proposed to consider the possibility of implementing applied research and exchange programs for young scientists together with scientific centers and universities of Kazakhstan.

During the conversation, the interlocutors discussed the prospects for establishing cooperation in the fields of studying and promoting alternative energy, in particular, technologies in the field of green hydrogen.

At the end the Ambassador of Kazakhstan visited some laboratories of the Institute.