[08/February/2010]

SANA'A, Feb. 08 (Saba)- Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research Saleh Ba-Surrah discussed on Monday with the Indian ambassador to Sana'a Praveen Verma the possibility to sign a bilateral agreement between Yemen and India in the field of higher education and scientific research.

The two sides also discussed scholarships presented by India embassy in Yemen as well as criteria and conditions applied in this regard, in addition to the importance of the ministry to be notified to know who are selected for the scholarships.

They dealt with the importance of exchanging professors between the Yemeni and Indian universities as well as the participation in symposiums and conferences held by the two countries.

The minister invited, during the meeting, his Indian counterpart and rectors of Indian universities to visit Yemen.

They discussed the possibility of India to contribute to supporting the national museum for technology sciences, set to start works of implementation during the current year.

Worth to mention that the project is currently funded by Abu Dhabi Fund for Development at $13 million and the Yemeni government at $4.

AM/AM

Saba