

Moscow, November 14, Interfax - Turkey will start actively preparing educational programs and training Islamic clergymen for Russia, said Ravil Gainutdin, head of the Russian Muftis Council.
Russia and Turkey have cooperated in the area of Islamic education, pilgrimage, book publishing and clergymen training for 15 years, and now need to broaden this cooperation, he said at a meeting with head of the Turkish Religious Affairs Department Ali Bardakoglu in Moscow on Friday.
For this purpose, the Russian Muftis Council and the Turkish Religious Affairs Department signed a cooperation agreement on Friday.
"Like Russia, Turkey is a secular country, which attaches great importance to human rights, this is why I believe that we can maintain fruitful cooperation in the field of education and publishing," the Turkish department director said at the signing ceremony.
Russia and Turkey have cooperated in the area of Islamic education, pilgrimage, book publishing and clergymen training for 15 years, and now need to broaden this cooperation, he said at a meeting with head of the Turkish Religious Affairs Department Ali Bardakoglu in Moscow on Friday.
For this purpose, the Russian Muftis Council and the Turkish Religious Affairs Department signed a cooperation agreement on Friday.
"Like Russia, Turkey is a secular country, which attaches great importance to human rights, this is why I believe that we can maintain fruitful cooperation in the field of education and publishing," the Turkish department director said at the signing ceremony.
Source: Interfax
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