On November 30, 2020, a Memorandum on Research Cooperation between the State Geological Museum and Pavol Jozef \u0160af\u00e1rik University in Ko\u0161ice was signed at the Embassy of the Slovak Republic in Tashkent, represented by its director, Mr. A. \u0160. Achmed\u0161ajev for the Uzbek side, and the rector of the Pavol Jozef \u0160af\u00e1rik University, prof. Pavol Sov\u00e1k who signed the Memorandum in advance. This act took a place under the auspices of Mr. JUDr. J\u00e1n B\u00f3ry, Ambassador of the Slovak Republic to Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, based in Tashkent. Based on the Memorandum, preparations began for the Slovak-Uzbek paleontological expedition led by an employee of the Center for Interdisciplinary Biosciences TIP-UPJ\u0160 Martin Kundr\u00e1t. This extensive expedition project will begin in the summer of 2021, but the first contacts, negotiations, and personal stay were realized by Martin Kundr\u00e1t with the invaluable help of the Ambassador JUDr. J\u00e1n B\u00f3ry already in 2019. After Iran and China, this is the third exploratory plan that our institution has prepared since 2017 on the Asian continent with the aim of reconstructing biodiversity during the period of significant global climate change. In this case, however, it is the most complex project to date with its scope, duration, and mission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"