DUSHANBE, March 7, 2016, Asia-Plus – Tajik Minister of Education and Science Nouriddin Saidov received Iranian Ambassador to Tajikistan Hojatollah Faghani and Iranian Cultural Attache   Ebrahim Khodayar on March 6.

According to the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA), the sides discussed state and prospects of further expansion of bilateral cooperation between Tajikistan and Iran in the field of education and science and made decisions regarding implementation of memorandums of Understanding (MoUs).

Decisions were reportedly made on scholarships between Iran and Tajikistan and following up the implementation of MoUs with Iranian universities such as Tarbiat Modares University, Shahid Beheshti University, K.N.Toosi University of Technology, Azad University and others.

The two sides agreed on reviving Persian Language courses in National University, holding technical workshops, active participation of Tajikistan University Chancellors in the first Persian Language University Chancellors Gathering in Iran, cooperation regarding giving certificate to training courses in Iranian cultural attaché office, cooperation in holding knowledge-increasing courses for teachers in Tajikistan and cooperation in publishing Persian alphabet books, IRNA said.

According to the MoU signed between Iran and Tajikistan in 2001, Iran grants 250 scholarships every year and Tajikistan has given 50 ones as well.