The Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Dr. Naeem Al-Abboudi, tweeted expressing his pride in the tangible progress in the higher education environment, saying:

"Sequential indicators and achievements in the higher education environment in Iraq, where for the first time in its history, the General Conference of the Arab Universities Union is launched in Baghdad on Monday. We inspected all the logistical preparations and followed its readiness at the University of Baghdad, which hosted the executive office, coinciding with the sixtieth anniversary of the Union's establishment."