Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Iraq in Moscow Dr. Ismail Shafiq Muhsin visited the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research on 10 November 2014.

The Ambassador was acquainted with the accelerator complex in the Flerov Laboratory of Nuclear Reactions and development of research on the synthesis and study of super heavy nuclei, with innovative development of scientists and specialists of the Flerov Laboratory. In the Laboratory of High Energy Physics the Ambassador of Iraq visited the detector laboratories and the factory of superconducting magnets, where manufacturing of elements for the NICA collider is deployed. At the end of the visit Dr. Ismail Shafiq Muhsin met with JINR Director Academician V.A. Matveev and Head of the JINR International Cooperation Department D.V. Kamanin. The sides discussed prospects of cooperation in the fields of fundamental science, development of innovative technologies and educational activities.

The Ambassador of Iraq shared his impressions with journalists: “My main goal was to get acquainted with your Institute to understand how we will cooperate in the future. I am very interested in this visit, especially because I am an engineer and for a time I was engaged in construction of medical devices and research in this area. The most interesting thing that I have seen here is the scale and the advanced level of organization of international cooperation, what great results it brings and the scientific research that leads to development of new modern technologies. And an educational component of research and innovation activities of JINR is also very important for us. There are a lot of engineers In Iraq, and many students are studying in Russian universities. In addition to this we would like to make the use of educational opportunities of your Institute in different applications. Everyone knows that Dubna is a very good school. Now I can say when I saw this firsthand.“

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