Iran’s Razi University, Al-Iraqia University in Iraq to Expand Cooperation
“Based on the latest ranking of the Islamic World Science Citation Database (ISC), Razi University has ranked 8th among 64 comprehensive universities in Iran. This database evaluates universities based on 183 performance indicators,” said Jamal Fat'hollahi, the president of Razi University.
He expressed the hope that scientific and research cooperation between the two universities would expand and these interactions would also help strengthen relations between the two nations of Iran and Iraq.
Ali Saleh Hossein, the president of Al-Iraqia University, for his part, expressed the hope that the memorandum of understanding with Razi University would be implemented quickly and joint cooperation between the two universities would expand.
“Al-Iraqia University is already ready to advance scientific and research cooperation with Razi University,” he added.
In a relevant development in 2023, Head of Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce Yahya Al-e Es'haq had stressed the need for Tehran’s special attention and efforts to export products made by the Iranian knowledge-based companies to Iraq given the neighboring country’s lucrative market.
“Iraq is considered as one of the target countries for the exports of various Iranian goods, and last year, Iran exported over $10bln worth of goods to Iraq, and the exports to Iraq grew by 18.5% in the first 5 months of the current year, compared to the same period last year, and if the exports conditions improve and develop, Iran's exports to Iraq will reach $10 to $12 billion,” Al-e Eshaq told ANA.
He referred to the 20-billion-dollar capacity of Iran-Iraq trade, and said, “The connection and coordination between science and production is a well-known issue in the world. However, due to the necessity of presence of the Iranian products in the world market, there is yet no such connection between the Iranian producers and the knowledge-based companies; therefore, we should pay special attention to the position of Iranian knowledge-based products in the Iraqi market.”
Noting that the Iraqi market will be the main market for Iran and other neighboring countries for the next 15 years, Al-e Es'haq said, “At present, Iraq supplies over 95% of infrastructure goods through imports, so this situation can be a great opportunity in the region for the neighboring states and the trans-regional powers.”
4155/v
