Cooperation in the field of scientific innovation

On August 24, 2023, the Ambassador of Kazakhstan Timur Primbetov met with the President of the Academy of Sciences, Professor, Doctor of Science Ivars Kalvins at the Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Latvia. The meeting was also attended by Secretary General of the Academy of Sciences Baiba Rivza, Head of the International Department Modris Greitans and Director of the Institute of Economics Nina Linde.

During the conversation, the parties discussed issues of intensifying cooperation between the national academies of sciences of the two countries, in particular through the mutual exchange of delegations, expanding the legal framework in the scientific and educational fields, developing and implementing joint projects in the field of fundamental and applied sciences, and training young scientists.

Special attention was paid to the participation of the delegation of the National Academy of Sciences of the Republic of Kazakhstan under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan in the VI International Economic Forum "Open Innovations: From Individual Creativity to Innovative Economy", which will be held on September 21-22 this year in Riga under the auspices of the Latvian Academy of Sciences.

At the end of the conversation, the parties confirmed their high interest in continuing mutually beneficial cooperation between the scientific circles of the two countries.