He met the President of Jawaharlal Nehru University and briefed him about the development of higher education in through the increasing number of private universities amounting to 9 and a plan to expand that number in the coming years. In his turn, the President of Jawaharlal Nehru University warmly welcomed his guests and confirmed that his University will study the proposal of signing a memorandum of cooperation between the Syrian and

Indian
Universities

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Dr. Barakat also made another visit to our embassy in New Delhi where he met our students explaining to them that

nowadays is going through an important stage of development under the wise leadership of President Bashar Al-Assad. He told them that they should make every effort to reach excellence because the government is trying to overcome all the difficulties facing their way to reach academic execllence. Then, Dr. Barakat answered all the questions raised by our students in a meeting of extremely warm and domestic atmosphere.

The Syrian Deputy Prime Minister attended signing the record of joint meeting commission headed by Dr. Barakat, Minister of Higher Education, of and Mr. kamel Nat, Minister of Trade and Industry, of

. Fields of cooperation include education, culture, science and technology, electricity, transport, infrastructure and exchange of experience in the field of banking and planning….etc.

Moreover, Dr. Barakat pointed out to the strong relations between the two countries and their long and hard struggle against colonization. Talking about , he referred to the importance of respecting UN resolutions and that must withdraw from the
Golan Heights
and all occupied Arab territories.