TEHRAN – The People’s Republic of China has offered Iran a gratuitous educational package of 600,000 dollars.

The matter was discussed in the first joint meeting held between Chinese commerce and economic delegation and Iranian authorities in charge of Technical and Vocational Training Organization, the Persian service of IRNA reported on Saturday. Afshin Esmaeil-Beigi, technical and training deputy of the organization, expressed his contentment with the educational package equipment and called it, “A fitting groundwork for participation of developing countries in this field.”

Moreover, he emphasized on bolstering of Karaj Teacher Training Center (Tarbiat Moallem) and other vocational training centers in agricultural fields in the north of the country by attracting foreign investment.

Furthermore, Xian Sin Yuan, Chinese embassy’s first secretary, considered the educational grant in line with assisting Iran’s vocational centers and part of his country’s foreign educational policy to promote technical training nuclei in developing nations. “The fund, offered as modern educational equipments, is adequate to furnish a technical and vocational training center,” he stated at the end of the meeting.