TEHRAN – Iran has been reelected as the president of the Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Science Foundation for one more time period.
The choice was made on the sixth Meeting of Science Ministers of the ECO held in Islamabad, Pakistan, msrt.ir reported The basis is being chaired by Komeil Tayyebi from Iran.
An Iranian delegation led by Minister of Science, Research and Technology, Hossein Simaei-Sarraf, attended the assembly.
As half of his go to, Simaei-Sarraf held a gathering with Pakistan’s minister of science and expertise and the chairman of the Higher Education Commission (HEC), visited a number of main universities in Islamabad, toured the ECO Science Foundation, and held discussions with professors of the Persian language.
The science minister additionally participated within the Board of Trustees (BoT) assembly of the ECO Science Foundation on the sixth ECO ministerial assembly.
The occasion introduced collectively ministers, eminent scientists, and senior officers from ECO Member States for deliberations on advancing Science, Technology, and Innovation as nicely as for mobilizing sources for transformative regional initiatives geared toward addressing the shared developmental challenges of the ECO area.
On July 23, Simaei-Sarraf and Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Education and Professional Training, Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, explored the potential to develop scientific and educational collaborations.
The discussions centered on strengthening ties by granting reciprocal scholarships, exchanging postgraduate college students and researchers, and collaborating to handle shared challenges such as local weather change.
Iranian official lauded Pakistan’s help for the nation throughout the latest US-Israeli struggle. Referring to the non secular, cultural, historic, and geographical commonalities between the 2 international locations, Simaei-Sarraf expressed hope that this go to would mark the start of a major section in increasing educational interactions and ties between Iran and Pakistan.
The official expounded on the capacities and capabilities of Iranian universities, analysis facilities, and science and expertise parks, as nicely.
For his half, Maqbool Siddiqui emphasised brotherhood between the 2 nations. “Now that the recent critical situation has further strengthened ties between Pakistan and Iran, we should deepen cooperation in different sectors,” he added.
The official highlighted the importance of bilateral ties between Iran and Pakistan, noting that Islamabad is dedicated to boosting scientific and technological diplomacy with Tehran.
Enhancing cooperation in trainer training, curriculum improvement, digital training, synthetic intelligence, academic expertise, technical and vocational training, joint analysis initiatives, and exchanging professors and college students, selling joint analysis initiatives, conducting educational conferences, creating innovation partnerships, granting scholarship alternatives to strengthen educational ties and facilitate the trade of data and experience had been amongst different mentioned points.
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