The Minister of Education receives the director of the Italian archaeological mission in Iraq, NiccoloMarchetti

The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Prof. Dr. NabilKazem Abdel Saheb, the archaeological expert NiccoloMarchetti, received the director of the Italian archaeological mission in Iraq.

The two sides discussed, in the presence of the President of the General Authority for Antiquities and Heritage and the Undersecretary of the Ministry of Culture for Antiquities Affairs, Dr. LaithMajeed Hussein, the development of cooperation paths through the expansion of archaeological operations and the involvement of Iraqi universities through their specialized colleges and departments.

The Minister of Higher Education affirmed the universities ’readiness to cooperate with the Ministry of Culture and prospectors in the field of rehabilitating archaeological sites in Iraq, especially in Mosul, Babylon and DhiQar, calling at the same time to study a project to establish an archeology laboratory in universities for the purposes of training, qualification and skills development.

For his part, the archaeological expert, NiccoloMarchetti, reviewed the mechanisms of cooperation with the universities of Baghdad, Qadisiyah, Mosul and Kufa within the (Banu) project, which enjoys the interest of European archaeological institutions and seeks to develop historical facilities in the world.