Uzbekistan will restore its membership in the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) from 2021. This decision was made on November 23 at the annual session by the committee of plenipotentiaries of the JINR member states, the Academy of Sciences reported.
In 2015, the country's full participation in the institute was suspended due to the unpaid debt. To date, more than 60% of the debt has been paid off. The remainder will be paid over 20 years.
The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) is an international intergovernmental research organization created by 11 founding countries in March 1956 and registered by the UN on February 1, 1957. Uzbekistan has been a member of JINR since 1992.
Now the institute, located in Dubna science city in the Moscow region, unites 18 states: Azerbaijan, Armenia, Belarus, Bulgaria, Vietnam, Georgia, Kazakhstan, DPRK, Cuba, Moldova, Mongolia, Poland, Russia, Romania, Slovakia, Uzbekistan, Ukraine and the Czech Republic.
Participation in JINR will give Uzbek experts the opportunity to participate in large international projects, and will also contribute to the training of personnel in the field of nuclear technology, nuclear medicine, information technology and materials science, the Academy of Sciences said.
