Czech Chargé d'Affaires meets with the Vice President for International Affairs, University of Tehran

Mr Petr Stepanek, The Chargé d'Affaires of the Czech embassy in Tehran on the 3 ^rd of February, 2016 met with Prof. Mohamamd Bagher Ghahramani, Vice President for International Affairs, University of Tehran. In this meeting which was held with the participation of Abdolmajid Eskandari, Director General, Office of International Relations both sides exchanged ideas on promoting bilateral academic ties between University of Tehran and Czech universities in particular Charles University.

During the meeting, Prof. Ghahramani evaluated the previous visit of high delegation led by Head of the Senate's Foreign and Security Policy Committee of the Republic of Czech and accompanying delegatio to the University of Tehran as an important event.

It is worth mentioning that On 30 September, 2015 a ceremony was held in the Faculty of Literature and Humanities to allocate a part of the library to the works of Prof. Dr. Jan Rypka, the famous Czech Iranologist. 

In this meeting, also referring to long established tradition of education in Czech republic, marvelous glass works by Czech artists, production of professional puppets, eminent literary figures and artistic products of that country, Abdolmajid Eskandari expressed hope for further cooperation between Charles university and UT faculties and colleges in particular College of Fine Arts.

According to the decision of both sides, in the near future the high ranking delegation from Charles University will pay a visit to University of Tehran and will sign a MoU which will serve as a base for further cooperation.