Mr. Jean-Noel Baléo, the regional director of the AUF in Beirut, met with the representatives from nine Iraqi universities on Monday, June 6, 2022, at the French Institute in Baghdad.

Mr. David Lasser, the French attaché for scientific and university affairs at the French Embassy in Baghdad, was also there, as was Dr. Alaa Shatnan, the director of the UNESCO chair, who represented Kufa University in the meeting.

The meeting discussed the definition of the agency mentioned , the conditions of membership and the advantages that this agency can offer to its universities

Translated into English by Shaima Adnan.