Armenia, Iran to broaden nano-technology tiesAugust 15, 2018 - 17:07 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iranian Envoy to Armenia Kazem Sajjadi and Armenian Minister of Education and Science Arayik Harutyunyan, during a recent meeting in Yerevan, emphasized development of cooperation between the two nations in the nano-technology field, IRNA reports. The scientific and academic cooperation between Iran and Armenia has experienced significant progress over the past three years, Sajjadi said. Referring to the big strides taken by Iran in the nano-technology field, he said the country placed fourth on the global nano-technology ranking. Emphasizing the importance of implementing the Memorandum of Understanding already signed between Iran's Ministry of Science, Research and Technology and the Education and Science Ministry of Armenia as well as the document drawn up in the Iran-Armenia 15th joint commission, Sajjadi invited Armenian minister to visit Iran to prepare the ground for implementation of the agreements. Harutyunyan, for his part, said he was certain the two countries in the near future would witness significant progress in the level of their scientific and academic relations. He went on to describe Iranian people as Armenia's everlasting and trustable friends and those who had stood by Armenian people in difficulties. Related links: Top stories The number of state universities will be reduced from 23 to 8 by 2030, Minister of Education, Science, Culture and Sport Zhanna Andreasyan has said. From September 21 to November 11, a total of 2,820 Russians registered at a place of residence in Armenia, the police has said. The situation on the contact line between Karabakh and Azerbaijan was relatively stable overnight, the Defense Army says. Defense Minister Suren Papikyan has visited the southern Armenian province of Syunik, the Defense Ministry reported on March 18. Partner news | Russia clarifying reports on Baku’s alleged arms supply to Ukraine Russia says is carefully working to verify reports about alleged arms supplies from Azerbaijan to Ukraine Russia warns Armenia against “falling into West’s trap” Zakharova maintained, however, that anything that will benefit the people of Armenia can only be welcomed. CSTO: Armenia has not participated in secretariat’s work recently Recently Armenia has not participated in the work of the secretariat of the CSTO, Imangali Tasmagambetov said. Meeting with U.S., EU not against third parties, says Armenia The meeting scheduled for April 5 is dedicated to strengthening of the Armenia-EU-US cooperation, Yerevan added. |