On May 16, 2013, Ambassador of Ukraine to the U.S. Olexander Motsyk met with Acting Rector Mykola Koretskyi from Rivne National University of Water Management and Natural Resources Use and Rector Volodymyr Uzunov from Simferopol University of Economics and Management, who visit the United States to initiate cooperation with American universities.

The Ambassador informed the leaders of Ukrainian universities about Ukraine-US cooperation in higher education. The Embassy pledged its support to the Ukrainian universities in their cooperation with US universities.