Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr. Naim Al-Abboudi received an official invitation from the Republic of Hungary to visit the capital Budapest and develop scientific and academic cooperation relations.
This came when he received the Ambassador of the Republic of Hungary to Baghdad, Mr. Attila Tarr, where they discussed joint cooperation programs between educational institutions in the two countries.
During the meeting, the Minister of Education stressed his keenness to build bridges of cooperation with Hungarian higher education institutions and benefit from their experiences and establish contexts of understanding between Iraqi and Hungarian universities and exchange scholarships, pointing out that the Study in Iraq initiative managed and supervised by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to attract international students in Iraqi universities has provided a positive climate for scientific and cultural exchange between Iraq and the countries of the region and the world, noting at the same time that the Ministry is ready to receive requests to establish foreign universities to open branches in Iraq in order to develop global partnerships and membership of the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
For his part, the Hungarian Ambassador, Mr. Attila Tarr, expressed his country’s readiness to strengthen scientific and educational partnerships and frame twinning programs between Iraqi and Hungarian universities and exchange experiences in scientific and technical fields, praising the vision and decisions of the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Dr. Naim Al-Aboudi on the trend towards internationalization of higher education and interaction with international experiences.
