Tajikistan CSR, Iran's Allameh Tabatabaei University ink MoU

Tehran, IRNA – The Center for Strategic Research under the president of the Republic of Tajikistan and the Allameh Tabatabaei University of Iran have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop scientific cooperation. According to the Public Relations Department of the Iranian university, Chairman of the Center for Strategic Research under the president of the republic of Tajikistan Khairuddin Osmanzadeh, and the President of Allameh Tabatabaei University of Iran Abdollah Motamedi signed the MoU to promote research, scientific and executive collaborations in different humanistic and social affairs based on common interests. Enhancing scientific cooperation, inviting academics, researchers and students to exchange information, sharing books, scientific data, and research documents, and facilitating participation of the Iranian and Tajik academic figures in seminars, training courses and international meetings are among the issues emphasized in the MoU. Motamedi emphasized that his university as the only academic center active in humanities and the largest humanities university in West Asia has 11 faculties and that it has nearly 14k students and 550 professors. As to Allameh Tabatabaei university’s international cooperation, he noted that the university possesses Persian language courses in Spain, China, and Kyrgyzstan. He also said that the Iranian university is determined to expand cooperation with Muslim and neighboring states, adding that Tajikistan and Iran enjoy cultural commonalities; so, the two countries can have joint scientific collaborations. Osmanzadeh, for his part, said that his research center focuses on teaching issues concerning the contemporary world in particular based on the futuristic approach. The MoU paves the ground for scientific cooperation with Allameh Tabatabaei University, he underlined, adding that the accord helps both sides introduce researchers and exchange viewpoints in order to improve their own position in the region and the world, which will play a key role in enhancing amicable ties between Iran and Tajikistan. Follow us on Twitter @IrnaEnglish