First Meeting of EU and Central Asian Ministers for Education

First Meeting of EU and Central Asian Ministers for Education. Doorstep by Mārīte Seile, Latvian Minister for Education and Science. Photo: EU2015.LV

First Meeting of EU and Central Asian Ministers for Education. Doorstep by Mārīte Seile, Latvian Minister for Education and Science. Photo: EU2015.LV

First Meeting of EU and Central Asian Ministers for Education. Doorstep by Andrejs Pildegovičs, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia. Photo: EU2015.LV

First Meeting of EU and Central Asian Ministers for Education. Doorstep by Andrejs Pildegovičs, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia. Photo: EU2015.LV

Mārīte Seile, Minister for Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia, Andrejs Pildegovičs, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, Peter Burian, European Union Special Representative for Central Asia and Deputy Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) welcome Alisher Vakhabov, Minister of Higher and Secondary-Specialized Education of the Republic of Uzbekistan. Photo: EU2015.LV

Mārīte Seile, Minister for Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia, Andrejs Pildegovičs, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, Peter Burian, European Union Special Representative for Central Asia and Deputy Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) welcome Aibek Dzhunushaliev, acting State Secretary of the Ministry of Labour, Migration and Youth of the Kyrgyz Republic. Photo: EU2015.LV

Mārīte Seile, Minister for Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia, Andrejs Pildegovičs, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, Peter Burian, European Union Special Representative for Central Asia and Deputy Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) welcome Adilet Bekboev, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Kyrgyz Republic. Photo: EU2015.LV

Mārīte Seile, Minister for Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia, Andrejs Pildegovičs, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, Peter Burian, European Union Special Representative for Central Asia and Deputy Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) welcome Takir Balykbayev, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Photo: EU2015.LV

Mārīte Seile, Minister for Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia, Andrejs Pildegovičs, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, Peter Burian, European Union Special Representative for Central Asia and Deputy Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) welcome Rahmatulo Mirboboev, Deputy Minister of Education and Science of the Republic of Tajikistan. Photo: EU2015.LV

Mārīte Seile, Minister for Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia, Andrejs Pildegovičs, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, Peter Burian, European Union Special Representative for Central Asia and Deputy Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) welcome Abdusalom Mirzoev, Deputy Minister of Labour, Migration and Employment of Population of the Republic of Tajikistan. Photo: EU2015.LV

Mārīte Seile, Minister for Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia, Andrejs Pildegovičs, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, Peter Burian, European Union Special Representative for Central Asia and Deputy Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) welcome Geldimammet Geldimammedov, Deputy Minister of Education of Turkmenistan. Photo: EU2015.LV

Mārīte Seile, Minister for Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia, Andrejs Pildegovičs, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, Peter Burian, European Union Special Representative for Central Asia and Deputy Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) welcome Åke Peterson, Ambassador of Sweden to the Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Photo: EU2015.LV

Mārīte Seile, Minister for Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia, Andrejs Pildegovičs, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, Peter Burian, European Union Special Representative for Central Asia and Deputy Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) welcome Kalmar Kurs, Head of European Union and International Cooperation Department at the Ministry of Education and Research of Estonia. Photo: EU2015.LV

Mārīte Seile, Minister for Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia, Andrejs Pildegovičs, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia, Peter Burian, European Union Special Representative for Central Asia and Deputy Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Cooperation and Development (DG DEVCO) welcome Camilo Vazquez Bello, Counselor on Education at the Permanent Representation of Spain to the EU. Photo: EU2015.LV

Mārīte Seile, Minister for Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia and Andrejs Pildegovičs, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia. Photo: EU2015.LV

First Meeting of EU and Central Asian Ministers for Education. Photo: EU2015.LV

First Meeting of EU and Central Asian Ministers for Education. Photo: EU2015.LV

First Meeting of EU and Central Asian Ministers for Education. Photo: EU2015.LV

First Meeting of EU and Central Asian Ministers for Education. Photo: EU2015.LV

First Meeting of EU and Central Asian Ministers for Education. Photo: EU2015.LV

First Meeting of EU and Central Asian Ministers for Education. Photo: EU2015.LV

Family photo. First Meeting of EU and Central Asian Ministers for Education. Photo: EU2015.LV

Andrejs Pildegovičs, State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Latvia. Photo: EU2015.LV

Mārīte Seile, Minister for Education and Science of the Republic of Latvia. Photo: EU2015.LV

Press conference following the First Meeting of EU and Central Asian Ministers for Education. Photo: EU2015.LV

Press conference following the First Meeting of EU and Central Asian Ministers for Education. Photo: EU2015.LV