During the meeting with the representative of the University of Leicester and the British-Iraqi Business Council, Dr. Mohammed Al-Azri and the representative of the University of London and the Mesopotamian Network, Dr. Eleanor Robson, Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research reviewed developing academic cooperation between the universities of the two sides, Director General of Research and Development, Dr. Ghasan Hameed Abdul Majeed said. Dr. Abdul Majeed added that the Ministry is keen on benefiting from the expertise of British universities in promoting curricula and training professors of Iraqi universities through joint training programs and workshops. For their part, the delegation expressed their readiness on continuing efforts to enhance cooperation with Iraqi universities and providing them with academic expertise in some specialties to meet the need of Iraq. It is worth mentioning that the conference was attended by a number of Presidents and Universities’ Assistants of Iraqi universities.