On April 18, the first meeting of the Commission of the Public Council at Rossotrudnichestvo for the promotion and support of education, science and the Russian language abroad was held. Chairman – Alexey Lubkov, Rector of Moscow Pedagogical State University, in his welcoming speech stressed the importance of expanding the Agency’s interaction with Russian and foreign civil society institutions, expert circles with foreign countries and promoting Russia’s interests in education, science and the Russian language. And invited the members of the commission to take an active part in the development of effective mechanisms in the implementation of projects through the activities of the commission. Vadim Zaichikov, Head of the Department of Education and Science of Rossotrudnichestvo, outlined Russia’s main priorities in these areas. He stressed that Russian educational organizations and departments need to work together and hold expert sessions and consultations on international scientific cooperation. He also told about how important it is to promote secondary and higher education in Russian and strengthen the position of the Russian language abroad.