Headed by Professor K. M. Zhumaliev, head of the Institute of Physical & Technical Problems and Materials Science (IPTPMS) and Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of the Kyrgyz Republic, a Kyrgyz delegation visited the RADI Kashi Campus from December 2 to 5.

Professor Zhumaliev expressed his hope that RADI could provide Kyrgyzstan with more technical and data support to assist his country in carrying out research in the fields of mapping, agriculture, forestry, mining and ecosystem protection by adopting space-based Earth observation technologies. The two sides exchanged views on the preparation for the second International Symposium on Earth Observation for Arid and Semi-Arid Environments (ISEO2014) scheduled to be held in the Issyk-Kul Lake, Kyrgyzstan in September 2014.

During the talks held on December 5, the two sides had discussions on the establishment of a Sino-Kyrgyz Earth observation center in Kyrgyzstan and carrying out substantive international collaborative research in priority areas. The two sides achieved a consensus on collaborative research and joint report regarding such issues as remote sensing and monitoring of typical water resources and glacier changes in the Tianshan area, remote sensing rock and mineral mapping in the western Tianshan area, and signed related cooperation agreements.

The two sides signed cooperation agreements.