Iran and Venezuela have signed some thirty cooperation agreements in the last few months Politics The governments of Venezuela and Iran signed an agreement in Caracas to create the "University of Civilizations," an education center to train students in the "principles of the Bolivarian Revolution and the 21st century Socialism,", Venezuelan state-run news agency ABN reported on Monday.
"The new university will be built in Caracas (...) and at the next Joint Commission to be held in Iran in 2009 (...) (Participants) will see the scale model of the project and will exchange ideas and programs with the faculty", said Tibisay Hung, the Venezuelan Vice Minister for Academic Development, to ABN.
The plan is part of the 2007-2008 educational exchange agreement signed by the two countries, which also includes a program of 10 scholarships for post-graduate studies and PhD degrees, said Hung, as reported by AFP.
Iran and Venezuela have signed some thirty cooperation agreements in the last few months. Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez and his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have met on several occasions. Their last meeting was last November in Tehran.
