Ukrainian Ambassador Visits Higher Education Commission
Fahad Shabbir (@FahadShabbir) Published April 20, 2018 | 08:48 PM
Ambassador of Ukraine to Pakistan Volodymyr LAKOMOV on Friday visited the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and met Executive Director, HEC, Dr Arshad Ali here at the Commission Secretariat
ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 20th Apr, 2018 ) :Ambassador of Ukraine to Pakistan Volodymyr LAKOMOV on Friday visited the Higher Education Commission (HEC) and met Executive Director, HEC, Dr Arshad Ali here at the Commission Secretariat.
Issues pertaining to collaboration in higher education sector were discussed in the meeting. Talking to the ambassador, Dr Arshad Ali stressed the need for collaborative efforts and joint research initiatives between Pakistan and Ukraine, said a press release.
He said HEC accords high importance to collaboration with foreign countries in order to mutually share academic experiences. Briefly highlighting the functions of HEC, he said the Commission is committed to promoting higher education and research culture in the country.
HEC is actively playing its role in turning the country into a knowledge-based economy, he stated. The ambassador appreciated HEC for its role in promotion of higher education in Pakistan and its struggles to strengthen international relations through academic collaboration.
He admired National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST) for excellence in various academic fields. The meeting brought under consideration the upcoming visit of a two-member delegation from Ukraine as well as the modalities of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) likely to be signed between Kyiv National Linguistic University, Ukrain and National University of Modern Languages (NUML), Islamabad for a collaborative project on linguistic, cultural and scientific cooperation.
Under the MoU, the two sides will enhance bilateral cooperation in humanitarian sphere and will establish communication channels allowing exchange of linguistic, cultural and scientific knowledge.
They will promote teaching and research in the fields of bilateral interest in addition to provision of mobility for teachers and researchers between the two institutions. They will identify specific areas wherein collaboration can be mutually beneficial.
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