IP - Deputy Minister of Science in a meeting with China's Vice Minister of Education in the city of Chengdu voiced readiness to host a joint meeting between Iranian and Chinese universities in Tehran.

Iran PressAsia: "Hashem Dadashpour, Deputy Minister of Science and the Head of the Student Affairs Organization, met and talked with "Chen Jie", Vice Minister of Education of the People's Republic of China, during his trip to China and attended the 31st Summer Universiade and voiced readiness to host a joint meeting between Iranian and Chinese universities in Iran.

The 31st Summer Universiade of World Students is held from July 28 to August 8, 2023, in Chengdu, China.

In this meeting, the head of Iran's student affairs organization voiced the readiness to host a joint meeting between Iranian and Chinese universities in Iran and said: "It is necessary to move towards strategic relations between the two countries in the field of science and technology."

According to the Student Affairs Organization, Dadashpour stated in this meeting that Iran has recently joined the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and we are actually moving towards strategic relations in the political field.

"These strategic relations should be extended to strategic relations in the field of science and technology," He added.

The head of the Iranian Students Affairs Organization also said: "At the same time that the leaders of the countries are getting closer, it is necessary to extend these relations to the elites and the people. Because as the elites and people get closer to each other, the communication between the two countries will also increase."

Dadashpour further pointed out: "In Iran, nanotechnology, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence have developed well; Since Iran is considered one of the most important countries in the world in this field, and China has also taken many steps in this direction, strategic cooperation in this field can be beneficial."

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