An award ceremony was held in Turkey, where Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan presented an award certificate to Kyrgyz Health Minister Damir Osmonov. The award was presented as part of events held by the Aziz Sancar Turkish Health Institutes (TÜSEB).
Recognition of contribution to science and cooperation
According to the ministry, Osmonov received the award for his contribution to the development of medical science and the strengthening of international scientific cooperation. During this visit, the minister is taking part in the XII Congress of the Turkic Medical World, which is being held from October 29 to 31.
Meetings with the scientific community
During his stay in Turkey, the minister also visited prominent scientists. Among those he met was Aziz Sancar, the 2015 Nobel laureate in chemistry. In addition, Damir Osmonov met with Ugur Sahin, co-founder of the German biotechnology company BioNTech, which took part in developing one of the first COVID-19 vaccines.
Recall that Damir Osmonov is in Turkey on a working visit to take part in the said Congress.
