The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naim Al-Abboudi, received the Ambassador of the Republic of Belarus to Iraq, Victor Rybak, and discussed the scientific and academic cooperation between the two countries. During the meeting, the Minister of Education affirmed that the Ministry and its universities look forward to developing scientific, research and academic cooperation with the Belarusian side and establishing positive climates for the exchange of experiences, scholarships and twinning programmes between universities, noting the success achieved in the Study in Iraq programme sponsored by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to attract international students to Iraqi universities. For his part, the Belarusian Ambassador appreciated the level of the scientific and academic cooperation between the two countries.