During a meeting with his Saudi counterpart, Mr. Youssef Bin Abdullah Al-Bunyan, His Excellency, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr.  Naeem Abd Yaser Al-Aboudi reviewed the prospects for cooperation between the two countries in the fields of university education and its academic programs, and the exchange of experiences.

Dr. Al-Aboudi highlighted that the two sides demonstrated the coordination aspects, including the signed memorandum of understanding dealing with joint educational programmes.

His Excellency said that the two sides also reviewed the twinning project of four Iraqi universities with their Saudi counterparts and scholarship programs that include the visit of 100 researchers annually and the implementation of joint training courses and workshops in the fields of programmatic and institutional accreditation.