As a key development to increase cultural and people-to-people ties between Pakistan and Russia, the three-month Russian Language Course at Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) concluded, with the reflections that participating students of the first batch have proved that Pakistanis are capable of learning the most difficult foreign languages of the world.
While addressing the certificate distribution among the participants of the first batch, the Ambassador of the Russian Federation to Pakistan, H.E. Danila Ganich appreciated the initiative of the Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU) to teach foreign languages. He said that Pakistan-Russia relations would improve by teaching the Russian language to Pakistani children. “I hope after this certification, our graduates of the Russian language course to have the opportunity to interact with each other,” he said.
He said that Pakistan adults and children have shown the capability that they can learn difficult foreign languages. “Learning the Russian language in a short period of three months has made it clear that there is no shortage of talent among Pakistani people”, he said.
Speaking on the occasion, Vice Chancellor AIOU, Prof. Dr. Nasir Mahmood said that by learning foreign languages, students will get better educational and job opportunities abroad He said that teaching language is the most difficult task, and the teachers of the Russian Language and Culture Center of the university did a wonderful job in teaching the Russian language.
While congratulating the students, Dr. Nasir said you are our ambassador and now you must play a role in strengthening the relations between the two countries. It is pertinent to mention here that AIOU in collaboration with the Ural State Pedagogical University (USPU) of Russia has established the “Russian Language and Culture Center for Pakistan ” in AIOU which offers a three-month Russian language course. In the first batch, 117 students completed the course.
Russian language instructors, Dr. Roman Porozov, Dr. Zavialova Natalia, Dean, of the Faculty of Sciences, Prof. Dr. Irshad Ahmad Arshad, and Dean, of the Faculty of Arabic and Islamic Studies, Dr. Shah Mohyuddin Hashmi were also present at the ceremony. Recorded messages of Deputy Minister of Education of the Russian Federation, Dr. Berg, and Rector, of Ural State Pedagogical University (USPU) Russia, Prof Svetlana A. Miniurova, were played.
They appreciated the efforts of AIOU for offering a Russian language course and said that this initiative will bring people from both countries closer to each other. Students also presented various tableaus in the Russian language. Allama Iqbal Open University in collaboration with Ural State Pedagogical University (USPU) launched a three-month Russian Language Course in July 2023 with the aim of boosting cultural relations between Pakistan and Russia.
