The Iranian government signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a Malaysian university in northern Malaysia on Tuesday to step up cooperation on information and communication technology (ICT), Malaysia's national news agency Bernama said.

Iran's Deputy Communication and Information Technology Minister Kamal Mohamedpour signed the memo with Universiti Sains Malaysia ( USM), or Malaysia Science University, in Pinang, northern Malaysia, on Tuesday.

Under the memo, the two parties will cooperate in the fields of research, teaching and human resource exchange program on ICT.

Kamal told a ceremony in Pinang that both parties would focus on joint research activities and develop publications through the research linkages of professors.

Kamal said that Iran hoped to collaborate more on ICT software engineering and human training facilities with the Malaysian university for mutual benefit and Iran was willing to render financial support for the related research.

Kamal also said that the Iranian Information and Communication Technology Ministry and USM would also conduct an exchange of faculty staff members and graduate and undergraduate students for the purpose of research and study.

USM, founded in 1969, is located in Malaysia's northern state of Pinang. It is one of Malaysia's major science universities.

Source: Xinhua