TEHRAN – The National Library and Archives of Iran (NLAI) and the National Library of China signed a memorandum of understanding on Sunday.
The MOU was signed in Tehran by NLAI Deputy Director for Research, Programming and Technology Farbiroz Khosravi and the Deputy Director of the National Library of China Chen Li, the NLAI announced in a press release on Monday.
“Iran and China are the heirs of two great civilizations in which writing and paper were invented,” Khosravi said during the meeting.
He said that signing the MOU will boost cultural cooperation between China and Iran.
Afterward, Chen Li talked about the affinities between the Iranian and Chinese civilizations and said that many symbols of the Persian culture exist in the Chinese civilization.
Over 2000 Persian books and rare manuscripts are kept at the Chinese library, he added.
Plans for exchanging information and experiences, documents and experts, holding educational courses, workshops, book fairs and conferences, and conducting joint research projects have been discussed in the MOU.
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