ArmInfo. Yerevan State University and Tabriz State University came to a preliminary agreement to open a chair of Armenian Studies at the Iranian University. YSU Rector Hovhannes Hovhannisyan said summarizing the results of his meeting with Chancellor of Tabriz State University Safar Nasrollahzadeh.
In turn, Yerevan State University expressed its readiness to establish the Atropatene Research Center (a historical region and an ancient state in the north-west of modern Iran) at the Department of Iranian Studies of Yerevan State University, which will become an important platform for regional studies. “We attach importance to the development of relations with Iranian universities, not only in the educational and scientific fields, but also in the context of deepening and strengthening bilateral relations,” Hovhannisyan said.
At the same time, he said that following the meeting with the head of the State University of Tabriz, an agreement was also reached on the implementation of student and specialist exchange programs, the implementation of joint research projects, and various academic and cultural initiatives.
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