ArmInfo. Yerevan State University and Tabriz State University came to a preliminary  agreement to open a chair of Armenian Studies at the Iranian  University.  YSU Rector Hovhannes Hovhannisyan said summarizing the  results of his meeting with Chancellor of Tabriz State University  Safar Nasrollahzadeh.

In turn, Yerevan State University expressed its readiness to  establish the Atropatene Research Center (a historical region and an  ancient state in the north-west of modern Iran) at the Department of  Iranian Studies of Yerevan State University, which will become an  important platform for regional studies.  "We attach importance to  the development of relations with Iranian universities, not only in  the educational and scientific fields, but also in the context of  deepening and strengthening bilateral relations," Hovhannisyan said.

At the same time, he said that following the meeting with the head of  the State University of Tabriz, an agreement was also reached on the  implementation of student and specialist exchange programs, the  implementation of joint research projects, and various academic and  cultural initiatives.