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11 October 2005 - 12:29 AMT

UAE Interested in Education and Scientific Cooperation with Armenia

Today Armenian Deputy FM Gegham Gharibjanyan met with Sharjah emirate emir sheik Sultan Al Qasimi’s Supreme Advisor on Higher Education, Doctor Amr Abdel Hamid. The latter has arrived in Armenia on the instructions of Sultan Al Qasimi, reported the Armenian MFA Press Service. Doctor Amr Abdel Hamid informed Gegham Gharibjanyan on the outcomes of his visit, noting the interest of Sharjah sheik to develop education and scientific cooperation with Armenia. He has also had business meetings with President of the National Academy of Sciences and Rector of Yerevan State University. Matters of bilateral interest were discussed in the course of these. The parties discussed possible cooperation directions, especially student and professor exchange between YSU and Sharjah University.