Dr. Salim M. AlMalik, Director-General of the Islamic World Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (ICESCO), held an expanded meeting with both Ms. Dogdurkul Kendirbaeva, Minister of Education, and Mr. Mambetaliev Mirbek, Minister of Culture, Information, and Youth Policy of the Kyrgyz Republic, to discuss prospects for building a strategic partnership between ICESCO and Kyrgyzstan in the fields of education, science, and culture.

The meeting, held on Friday, 19 June 2026, in Kyrgyzstan, featured discussions on a number of projects, programs, and initiatives proposed for joint implementation, including the celebration of Osh as a Culture Capital in the Islamic World; the inscription of a number of heritage and archaeological sites on ICESCO’s Islamic World Heritage List; the Organization’s contribution to the restoration of the Shah Fazil Archaeological Complex in the Jalal-Abad region; and the implementation of a number of capacity-building workshops for heritage professionals.

The meeting also discussed ways to cooperate in the areas of education, science, and technology development; youth capacity-building; and the organization of summer camps for young people from the Islamic world on the shores of Lake Issyk-Kul, in addition to recruiting a number of qualified Kyrgyz professionals to work at ICESCO’s headquarters in Rabat.

The meeting concluded with an emphasis on the importance of continuing consultations between the two sides in the coming period and implementing a number of proposed programs in the shortest time possible.