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 David Vardanyan is the son of former Karabakh leader Ruben Vardanyan who who is currently imprisoned in Azerbaijan. 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. Partner news | Kazakhstan welcomes Yerevan, Baku’s agreement to meet in Almaty Kassym-Jomart Tokayev has welcomed the agreement of Baku and Yerevan to hold negotiations in Almaty. Armenia offers to temporarily host, preserve Gaza manuscripts The Armenian Foreign Minister has said Yerevan is ready to help preserve manuscripts from the conflict zone in Gaza. Aliyev says no need for mediators in Armenia-Azerbaijan process Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev believes that Baku and Yerevan do not mediators in the process of normalizing relations. U.S. believes peace is “possible” in South Caucasus The United States continues to believe that peace is possible in the South Caucasus, Vedant Patel said. |