Iran and Armenia, in favor of increasing university partnerships

By Lisa Karpova. Iran and Armenia on Tuesday decided on expanding their cooperation and communication between universities of the two neighboring countries.
The rector of the Yerevan State University (ESU), Aram Simonian, during a meeting with the Speaker of the Iranian Foreign Ministry, Ramin Mehmanparast, held in Yerevan, capital of Armenia, requested an increase in the number of Iranian students in their country and increased university cooperation in the fields of geology, seismology and book publishing.
Mehmanparast, at this meeting, said Iran has 45 million people under 35 years of age, so it is considered a young country with high academic abilities, so they welcome the increase in university partnerships with other countries. Read more...