Ba Surrah heads to Azerbaijan

SANA'A, Oct 05 (Saba) - Minister of Higher Education and Scientific
Research Saleh Ba Surrah headed on Sunday along with an accompanying
delegation to Azerbaijan to take part in the fourth Muslim Higher
Education conference.

The conference would be held on 6-8 October in Azerbaijan's capital
of Baku.

Ba Surrah said the conference will discuss issues in relation to
improving the capabilities of youth working in the field of higher
education and scientific research, the conditions of higher
education in Muslim countries as well as a project presented at the
conference of the Organization of the Islamic Conference OIC held
in 1997 in Tehran regarding some amendments to the project of
developing technology and scientific research in the Islamic and
Arab countries.

The participants will listen to a report by the OIC director general
Abdulaziz Al-Tuwaijri on the organization activities between its
third and fourth conferences, the minister said.

Ba Surrah will fly to Hungary to discuss aspects of bilateral
collaboration in the field of higher education and scientific
research.

On the visit, the two countries will sign an agreement that will
include increasing the number of scholarships offered by the
Hungarian universities for Yemeni students, mechanism to swap
academic experiences and staffs as well as holding joint related
symposiums and conferences.