Emphasis on Expanding Scientific and Academic Cooperation Between Iran and Russia
During a meeting between Dr. Shams Bakhsh, Deputy Minister of Science, Research and Technology of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and Alexander Pankin, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, held on the sidelines of the UNESCO General Conference in Samarkand, in the presence of Dr. Paktchi, Ambassador of the Islamic Republic of Iran to UNESCO, and Dr. Fartousi, Secretary-General of the Iranian National Commission for UNESCO, both sides emphasized the need to expand and deepen scientific, research, and technological cooperation between the universities and scientific institutions of the two countries and to facilitate the exchange of faculty members and students. |
During the meeting, the two sides highlighted cooperation between Iranian and Russian universities in technical and industrial fields and emphasized the importance of leveraging the extensive scientific and technological capacities of Iran and Russia to expand academic exchanges.
The meeting also included discussions on joint cooperation in emerging technologies, basic sciences, engineering, space technology, artificial intelligence, transportation, energy, the environment, Earth sciences, oceanography, health, and medicine.
The development of cooperation in Persian and Russian language education, the exchange of faculty members and students, and interaction among UNESCO Chairs and Category 2 Centres, as well as Creative Cities and Learning Cities, were among the other topics discussed.
Dr. Shams Bakhsh and Alexander Pankin also emphasized the importance of the two countries learning from each other’s experiences under sanctions and highlighted the need to draw on skilled human resources to advance scientific development.
