November 9, 2016 within the expansion of international cooperation the Rector of South Ukrainian National Pedagogical University named after K.D. Ushynsky Academician Olexiy Chebykin met Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador of Turkmenistan in Ukraine Nurberdy Amanmuradov. The Ambassador expressed his wish to launch the university facilities for the preparation of Turkmen students not only in English, but also in the Japanese language, because of cooperation between Turkmenistan and Japan.