SIBA, Russia’s Buddhist Foundation sign cooperation agreement

 

A cooperation agreement was signed on 11 August in Moscow between Myanmar’s Sitagu International Buddhist Academy (SIBA) and the Russian Federation’s Foundation for the Promotion of Buddhist Education and Research.

Key objectives of the agreement are to strengthen academic cooperation between the two organizations in the fields of Buddhist literature, research, education, and culture, and to promote mutual understanding.

The agreement has a term of five years and encompasses organizing conferences and academic seminars on Buddhist philosophy, history, and practices, conducting training programmes and research through reciprocal exchanges of teaching faculty, researchers, and administrators, and collaborating on research concerning ancient Buddhist scriptures, historical sites, and contemporary teachings.

The agreement was signed by the Chancellor and Patron of the Sitagu Buddhist Academies, the Sitagu Sayadaw, and Mr Alexey Maslov, Chairman of the Russian Foundation and Head of Asian Studies at the Russian State University.

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