«The great man said correctly» – the head of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation about Aitmatov’s quote
Valery Falkov spoke at an event dedicated to the anniversary of KRSU.
BISHKEK, October 12 – Sputnik. Minister of Science and Higher Education of the Russian Federation Valery Falkov at a panel discussion «Slavic University – 2050: perspectives and priorities» the KRSU quoted the writer Chingiz Aimatov.
Minister of Science and Education of the Kyrgyz Republic Dogdurkul Kendirbaeva noted the importance of the Russian language in the country. After her, Falkov spoke.
«Special thanks for the emphasis on learning the Russian language. We will try to do our best to ensure that even more Russian language and literature are represented here. I would like to recall the words of Chingiz Aitmatov: "If a person sacredly honors his language, he will never renounce knowledge of other languages. For Kyrgyz, these two languages (Kyrgyz and Russian). – Ed.) like two wings." The great man said everything absolutely correctly'», – falkov emphasized.
