Iraq, US discuss scientific cooperation between universities

Iraq’s Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Nabil Kazem Abdel-Saheb, and United States Ambassador to Iraq, Alina Romanowski, on Monday 25 July discussed scientific cooperation between the universities of their countries, writes Amr Salem for IraqiNews.com.

A statement issued by the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research mentioned that Abdel-Saheb and Romanowski discussed areas of scientific and academic cooperation between Iraqi and American universities as well as cultural exchange within the Fulbright Foreign Student Program and the Fulbright Visiting Scholar Program.

Abdel-Saheb affirmed that the memoranda of understanding between the two countries provided a positive scientific climate for the development of expertise, skills, curricula and joint specialised research.
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