During a meeting with the President of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, Dr. Ismail Abdul Ghaffar, and his accompanying delegation, His Excellency, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naeem Abd Yaser Al-Aboudi expressed the Iraqi universities’ readiness on achieving the desired level of scientific coordination and formulate academic cooperation programs in specializations that respond to the goals of sustainable development.

Dr. Al-Aboudi reviewed that the university education in Iraq is moving along confident steps towards aspects of excellence and competition, attracting international students and achieving pioneering results in the field of global ranking.

For his part, Dr. Abdul Ghaffar praised the policy of the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the work processes of its institutions in seriously opening up to the global education system and achieving quality requirements.