During a meeting with the Ambassador of the Syrian Arab Republic, Mr. Sattam Jadaan Al-Dandah, His Excellency, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Nabeel Kadim Abid Al-Sahib said that the two sides reviewed the possibilities of academic cooperation between the two countries and framing cultural exchange programs in light of the context of understanding between Iraqi and Syrian’s Higher Education and Scientific Research’s institutions. Dr. Abid Al-Sahib affirmed the commitment of the Ministry and its universities to cultural exchange and academic cooperation with countries in the region and the world. His Excellency expressed the Iraq and its academic institutions’ keenness on developing coordination and enhancing aspects of cultural exchange and sustainable academic cooperation according to the approved limits and standards of scientific sobriety. Dr. Abid Al-Sahib demonstrated the Iraqi universities’ readiness on welcoming the Syrian students, offering and exchanging scholarships and fellowships. For his part, Mr. Al-Dandah expressed the Syrian side’s happiness on the meeting and the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research’s keenness on developing the fields of cooperation and improving the quality of programs for academic understandings and agreements with countries in the region and the world. The meeting was attended by the Director-General  of Scholarships and Cultural Relations, Dr. Hazim Baqir Tahir.