Iran, Tajikistan Eager for Increased Scientific Cooperation
During the meeting, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for International Affairs Vahid Haddadi Asl and Head of Tajikistan Academy of Sciences Farhad Rahim in a meeting agreed on the need to broaden mutual scientific cooperation.
They also stressed the need for strengthening scientific relations between the faculty members and researchers of the two countries' universities, implementing joint scientific projects and formation of a joint scientific cooperation committee the near future.
For his part, Haddadi Asl, described the common languages and religions of the two countries as well as geographical proximity as elements to deepen mutual cooperation, saying that cooperation in the field of exchanging university students and providing opportunities for higher education studies for both sides' students were agreed in a recent meeting between the Iranian and Tajik officials.
"It was also agreed that faculty members of the two countries’ universities will be exchanged and their presence in scientific projects and seminars will be more frequently facilitated," he added.
During the meeting, Rahim said that his country is enthusiastically waiting for broader scientific cooperation with Iran.
"In recent years that I was the deputy science minister of Tajikistan I visited several Iranian universities and research centers and I am well aware of the scientific progress in different fields in Iran," he added.
In a relevant development in November, Heads of Allameh Tabataba'i University in Iran and Tajikistan's Center for Strategic Research endorsed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to increase cooperation in educational and research areas.
Exchange of scientific data, books, scientific publications and research documents, publishing joint books, exchange of professors and students, and holding educational workshops are among the arenas of cooperation stressed in the MoU.
The agreement was signed with the aim of promoting and developing scientific and research cooperation to use the capacities and capabilities of both sides in the fields of humanities and social sciences based on the principles of equality and common interests.
During the meeting, President of Allameh Tabatabayee University Abdollah Motamedi underlined that efforts in the field of international activities are aimed at expanding international communication, adding, "We currently have cooperation agreements with various countries and major universities in the world, and several agreements have been implemented.”
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