The memorandum was signed at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on Monday, the ministry in a press release. EurAsEC’s member states are Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan. Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine are observers at the organization.

Late last month, UNESCO signed a memorandum of understanding with the Interstate Fund for Cooperation in the Humanities of the Commonwealth of Independent States.

Russian presidential aide Dzhakhan Polliyeva said: "Cooperation in the field of the humanities within the CIS is based on principles that have from the very start been similar to those underlying the activities of UNESCO. This influential international organization has accumulated invaluable analytical and practical experience.

Its strategic principles, its organization of work on projects, and its planning principles have been tested by time and by the practice of international cooperation, and are useful guidelines for us."