On February 29, 2024, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of the Kyrgyz Republic to the Swiss Confederation Omar Sultanov met with the management of the Swiss National Science Foundation.

During the meeting, they discussed the outlook of cooperation on the establishment of the Global Mountain University in Kyrgyzstan within the framework of the implementation of the Five-Year Plan for the Development of Mountain Regions 2023-2027 declared by the UN General Assembly’s resolution A/RES/77/172 of 14 December 2022 entitled “Sustainable Mountain Development”.

Following the meeting, the parties agreed to start joint works through the executive bodies of Kyrgyzstan and Switzerland.