During a meeting with Alexei Likhachev, Director General of the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM), His Excellency, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research and Head of the Iraqi Atomic Energy Commission, Dr. Naeem Abd Yaser Al-Aboudi reviewed aspects of cooperation in the field of developing nuclear energy for peaceful and educational uses.

Dr. Al-Aboudi expressed his appreciation for the interest in Iraq’s participation in the International Forum (ATOMEXPO-2024) in the city of Sochi.

His Excellency praised the depth of relations between the two friendly countries, as well as highlighting the path of the national vision of the Iraqi Atomic Energy Authority regarding the research reactor project that is used for scientific and health purposes.

Dr. Al-Aboudi appreciated the efforts the Russian side for providing scholarships to the Iraqi students in the fields of nuclear energy engineering.

For his part, Director General of the Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (ROSATOM), Mr. Alexei Likhachev expressed the readiness of the Russian side to cooperate and coordinate regarding the zero reactor, the research reactor and electronuclear power plants. to provide fellowships in energy engineering, nuclear and radiation physics and exchange experiences between universities according to the context of understanding agreed upon by both sides.