RF, PRC, Mongolia, Kazakhstan set up Altai Council of Rectors

The Council of Rectors of institutes of higher education of the Bigger Altai has been created on the basis of educational establishments uniting six transborder regions - - the Altai Territory, the Republic of Altai, the Xinjiang-Uygur Autonomous Region of China, the Bayan-Ulgiisky and Khondsky Aimaks of Mongolia and the East-Kazakhstanian Region.

As ITAR-TASS learnt at the administration of the Altai Territory, this council will function within the framework of the International Coordination Council "Our Common Home - Altai." The Council of Rectors is headed by two co-chairmen - - rector of the Altai State Technical University Lev Korshunov and rector of the Gorno-Altai State University Valery Babin.

"The creation of an a association of young scientists with the aim of their support, launch of a project of bi-diploma education within the framework of the Altai region and creation of a scientific and technical fund of the Bigger Altai will be among the first tasks of the Council,"
the administration's spokesman said. Scientific circles of the Altai region plan to pool their efforts to study such problems as the influence of the changing climate on the Altai biosphere, development of untraditional and smaller energy, as well as production of ecologically healthy agricultural produce and biofuel.

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