In the aim at enhancing the academic and scientific relationships and following the process of fulfilling the contracts between the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research of KRG and Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology of Islamic Republic of Iran, a delegate from Islamic Republic of Iran Consulate of Erbil visited the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. Right after discussion about the relationship between them, they made a common committee to carry out the contract between both sides.
Today, Monday, 8/8/2016, Dr. Yusuf Goran, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research welcomed Murtaza Abadi, the General Consulate of Islamic Republic of Iran in Erbil and a delegate from the consulate. In the meeting, Dr. Amanj, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research’s advisor, Dr. Muhamad Kalary, the director of the foreign affairs at the ministry were present.
The general consulate of Iran in Erbil mentioned the improvement of the relationship between both sides and showed his happiness to the visit of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research of KRG to Islamic Republic of Iran and their universities. In another part of the meeting, the general consulate of Islamic Republic of Iran pointed to the points and detail of the contract and said, “The Islamic Republic of Iran’s Universities wish to step up to fulfil the points of the contract.” He also said that Islamic Republic’s Universities have shown their readiness to open a Persian department at Sulaimani University in coordination of a staff of lecturers and two seats of PhD has been dedicated to Salahaddin University, as well.”
In another part of the meeting, Dr. Yusuf Goran, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research after skimming back of his visit to Islamic Republic of Iran said, “Our visit to Islamic Republic of Iran was so successful in which numbers of contract were signed. Now the majority of the contracts have been fulfilling and asked universities to visit Kurdistan Region and open their branches at the Kurdistan Region’s Universities.
In another part of the meeting and based on a suggestion of Dr. Yusuf Goran, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, there was made a common committee between both sides to follow their tasks and carrying out the points of the contract in a better way.
In the meeting also, the general consulate of Islamic Republic of Iran gave the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research some scientific books as gift. He also suggested having vocational university to the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and opening a branch at one of the Kurdistan Region Universities to study vocational studies.
At the end of the meeting, the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research said, “We thank your visit and your attention to the contract between both of us.” He also said, “We had seen the capacity of the Islamic Republic of Iran’s Universities especially in the aspect of medicine, vocational, and technology. The instruction of the KRG prime minister and his deputy is emphasizing on tying the relationship between both of us.” He also said, “These types of contracts are the initiation of our works and we will be able to do more better works in the future.”