The Executive Director COMSATS, Ambassador Dr. M. Nafees Zakaria today called on the Chinese Vice Minister for Science and Technology, H.E. Zhang Guangjun. The two exchanged views on areas of mutual interest with the view to diversify cooperation under the existing MOU between COMSATS and MOST-China.
The meeting was organized on the sidelines of the launch of 1st Belt and Road Conference on Science and Technology Exchange (BRST), hosted by MOST, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and other governmental and provincial departments.
China is among the founding members of COMSATS with two Chinese Centres of Excellence (CoE) affiliated to the latter, namely; Tianjin Institute of Industrial Biotechnology (TIB) and International Centre for Climate & Environmental Sciences (ICCES).
The Vice Minister appreciated the COMSATS’ participation at BRST event and its efforts towards promoting South – South Cooperation. Amb. Zakaria, congratulated the successful launch of BRST with significant international participation and thanked for the hospitality extended by MOST to his delegation.
