Ammon News - President of the Hashemite University, Fawwaz Al-Abed Al-Haq, on Tuesday met with Head of Student and Alumni Affairs Department at the Malaysian Embassy, Ziyad Azzam, and Vice-President of the Malaysian Universities Alumni Association in Jordan.

The meeting covered enhancing cooperation between the two sides and issues of interest to students wishing to study at the Hashemite University.

It also discussed the importance of the International Conference on Asian Studies, scheduled to be held by the Malaysian Universities Alumni Association in Jordan at the end of this year, and the scientific contributions of Jordanian universities in it.

The meeting also discussed ways of joint cooperation in concluding future academic and scientific cooperation agreements in student exchange, scholarships, the exchange of faculty members and scientific projects, in addition to exploring the possibility of establishing new joint academic programs not oly in the fields of Sharia, Islamic studies and teaching Arabic, but also in all study programs and graduate studies.

Al-Abed Al-Haq stressed the importance of Jordanian-Malaysian relations at all levels, lauding Malaysian universities' distinguished level.

The university is keen to expand cooperation with various Malaysian educational institutions in various fields that keep abreast with the requirements of the labor market, Al-Abed Al-Haq added.

Azzam, for his part, commended the Hashemite University's academic reputation in Malaysia, expressing hope for more cooperation between the two sides, signing more agreements and memoranda of understanding, and exchanging students between the two sides.