On 18 Farvardin 1401, a meeting was held in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building with the presence of Dr. Saeed Khatibzadeh (Foreign Affairs Spokesperson), Mr. Ebrahim Jamili (Chairman of the Policy Council), Ms. Dr. Shadi Jamili (Head of the Permanent Secretariat), Mr. Soroush Mudaveb (Executive Director), and Ms. Dr. Fatemeh Mohammadi Panah (Secretary of the International Committee).
At the beginning of the meeting, Mr. Jamili noted that the presidents of the country’s first-level universities are respected members of the Policy Council and are aware of the festival’s implementation process.
The head of the Policy Council considered the festival a suitable platform for finding talented Iranian youth and, in line with internationalization, raised his request to connect with Iranians living abroad and Iranian embassies abroad.
Then, Dr. Khatibzadeh made statements regarding accelerating the internationalization process of the festival.
He also emphasized the attraction of international teams, the arrangement of teams in a mixed format (national and international), a comparative study of similar domestic and foreign festivals, and cooperation with the National Organization for Developing Brilliant Talents and the National Organization for Elites.
In conclusion, Dr. Jamili, Head of the Permanent Secretariat, thanked Dr. Khatibzadeh for his valuable remarks and expressed his request to introduce a representative from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to participate in meetings related to the international section of the festival. Dr. Khatibzadeh continued by announcing his readiness to support and accompany the festival and introduced Dr. Delkhosh as the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the festival secretariat.