The Jordanian-Kurdistan Higher Education Forum will take place in Erbil at the Rotana Hotel on May 5. The event will include a senior delegation of the Jordanian Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research alongside the heads of 21 Jordanian universities.

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“This is the first time we are having such an event,” Jordan’s Consul General to the Kurdistan Region Fuad Al Majali told Kurdistan Chronicle. “It’s an educational summit and it will open the doors for enhancing academic relations between universities and promoting the exchange of students.”

“The forum will include an official opening and ceremony, then panel discussions, and visits to the universities in Erbil, Sulaymaniyah, and Duhok. It’s a forum and an educational week.”

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The Kurdistan Region enjoys strong political, business, and educational ties with Jordan.

Jordan’s Consulate General to the Kurdistan Region was opened in Erbil in 2011. A Kurdish delegation visited Jordan in October 2022 to develop trade ties and a joint Jordanian-Kurdish Business Council was established in the same month. In June 2023, the Jordanian-Kurdish Medical Forum was held in Erbil.

On January 16, 2024, Kurdistan Regional Government Prime Minister Masrour Barzani met with Jordan’s Prime Minister Bisher Khasawneh at the World Economic Forum in Davos and discussed boosting investment and bilateral trade.