University of Baghdad Assume the rotating presidency of the Association of Arab Universities
The University of Baghdad assumed the presidency of the current session of the Association of Arab Universities in of its fifty-sixth, which coincides with the sixtieth anniversary of the Union founding.
The General Conference of Arab Universities launched at the University of Baghdad in the presence of a number of parliamentary figures, Arab and Iraqi academics, and representatives of international organizations and unions.
At the opening, the President of the University of Baghdad, Dr. Bahaa Ibrahim Ensaf, welcomed the Arab university delegations in Baghdad, expressing the happiness of the Iraqi university and academic communities at this session, which Iraq is chairing.
He stressed that the meeting of Arab universities represents an important opportunity to enhance academic cooperation and contributes to providing an environment for the cross-fertilization of ideas responsible for developing the educational field in Arab academic institutions.
For his part, the President of the University of Sousse, Dr. Lotfi Belkacem, President of the previous session of the Union, expressed his thanks and appreciation for holding the conference in Baghdad, stressing his aspiration for a new phase of cooperation between Arab universities and educational bodies to establish effective foundations for joint work, while the President of the Montsir University, President of the previous session of the Union, Dr. Al-Hadi Belhadj Saleh, confirmed that The challenges facing our Arab societies have become indicative, and it is the responsibility of universities to confront them through scientific solutions, pointing out that the Union of Arab Universities is considered an important platform for joint work between Arab universities.
