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Minister hails Chinese recognition of Cypriot university titles

Xinhua, May 15, 2017 Adjust font size:

Cypriot Education Minister Costas Kadis on Monday said an agreement he signed with his Chinese counterpart Chen Baosheng on the mutual recognition of university titles is very important for Cyprus.

"The agreement is the catalyst for strengthening the co-operation in the field of higher education between the two countries," Kadis said

He added that it will turn Cyprus into a regional education and research centre and will attract even more foreign students.

There are over 100 Chinese young people studying in Cypriot universities, about half of them in the European University of Cyprus.

Kadis said that under the agreement he signed on Sunday in Beijing, academic degrees awarded by Cypriot universities will be automatically recognised by China at an academic and professional level, while Cyprus will recognise Chinese university degrees.

Kadis travelled to China to represent Cyprus on the two-day Belt and Road Forum for international cooperation which kicked off on May 14.

He also discussed with China's Minister of Culture Luo Shugang ways to promote cultural cooperation. The Cypriot minister said he welcomed the proposal of the Chinese Ministry of Culture to open a cultural centre in Nicosia. Endit