Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Education Yousef Al-Benyan has separately met Canadian and Iraqi ambassadors to the Kingdom. Al-Benyan and Jean-Philippe Linteau discussed scientific cooperation between the Kingdom and Canada in the fields of public and university education, scientific research and innovation, as well as future cooperation opportunities. The meeting also discussed the educational opportunities available to Saudi students after adding Canada as one of the new scholarship destinations under the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Scholarship Program.
The minister and Iraq’s envoy Safia Al-Suhail reviewed ways to develop bilateral relations in the educational and scientific fields under the Saudi-Iraqi Coordination Council, as well as enhancing cooperation mechanisms and exchanging expertise between the two sides. The officials also discussed supporting efforts related to partnerships between universities in the two countries, and benefiting from scholarships offered by the Kingdom to Iraqi students to study in Saudi universities.
