Meeting the former President of Al-Mustansiriyah University

On July 11, 2019, Ambassador of the Republic of Iraq to the Russian Federation, H.E. Haidar Mansour Hadi, met Dr. Sadiq Muhammad Al-Hammash, the former President of Al-Mustansiriyah University, who is visiting Moscow to attend a medical conference to discuss the process of teaching in Iraq and the affairs of Iraqi students studying in Russia.

At the beginning of the meeting, the Ambassador pointed out to that the Iraqi embassy pays great attention to all Iraqi students studying in Russia and also works to protect them from the fraud companies that are trying to blackmail the students and take their money illegally. Also the embassy is keen to urge the students to reflect the cultural face of Iraq through academic excellence and success in their study, noting that the Iraqi students are like the ambassadors of Iraq science to Russia and that the embassy has developed a special program to value the efforts of outstanding students. The Ambassador stressed on that the Iraqi embassy is working to sign Agreements and Memorandums of cultural exchange between the Iraqi Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research and the Russian Ministry of Science and Higher Education, also visits are planned between the Rectors of universities of both sides to increase the scientific cooperation between Iraq and Russia. The Ambassador said that the embassy is seeking to strengthen the Iraqi-Russian relations in all fields, and at the same time it is responsible for taking care of the Iraqi community interests.