Iran Spokesman Confers With Yerevan State University Chancellor

Yerevan, April 3, IRNA – Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mihman-parast discussed issues of mutual interest with Chancellor of Yerevan State University Aram Simonyan here on Tuesday. In the meeting, the two sides called for expansion of cooperation between universities of Iran and Armenia. Simonyan suggested that more Iranian students attend Armenian universities and wider relations between higher education institutes of the two countries establish. He also called for cooperation between universities in the fields of geology, seismology and book publication and more exchanges between Iranian and Armenian universities students and faculties. Mihman-parast said that Iran currently has 45 million population under 35 years old, so it has a great capacity for university admission and would welcome increase in universities cooperation with other countries. He added that relations between the two countries are in a good level now, but it should increase to its highest level and in this concern increasing students visits, exchanging student delegations, decreasing cost of students trips and using university capacities for this concern such as dormitories and food services could be very effective. After this meeting, Mihman-parast met with Dean of Orientology Department of the university Gorgen Malikian. In the meeting, Malikian called for students visits to Iran to increase their experiences and increasing their knowledge about Iranˈs history and civilization. Head of Iranology Chair in Orientology Department of the university Garnik Astatorian, who attended the meeting, presented a report on activities of the center. Media delegations from IRNA, Fars, ISNA, Mehr and News Network are accompanying Mihman-parast in his visit to Armenia. The spokesman is to meet with Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian on Wednesday./end