Mohamed Diaa Zain El-Abedeen, President of Ain Shams University, received Mr. Ivan Yekl, Ambassador of the Czech Republic in Cairo, in the presence of Prof. Ghada Farouk, Vice President of the University for Community Service and Environmental Development Affairs, Salwa Rashad, Dean of the Faculty of Al-Alsun, Sherweit El-Ahmady, Director of the International Students and Mobility Office , Amr Shatouri, Professor and Head of the Czech Language Department at the Faculty of Al-Alsun.

The meeting comes to discuss ways of cooperation between Ain Shams University and Czech universities, where Prof. Mohamed Diaa Zain El-Abedeen confirmed the long history of relations between Egypt and the Czech Republic; His Eminence also reviewed the university’s efforts and its strategy for continuous development in light of global developments, stressing the university’s aspiration for effective partnerships with Czech universities to enhance joint cooperation.

His Excellency also shed light on the history of the establishment of the Faculty of Al-Alsun and the large number of departments it includes that teach a large number of world languages and cultures.

Prof. Salwa Rashad explained that the Czech language department is the only one of its kind in the Middle East, in addition to being the largest Czech language department in the world, as the study of the Czech language in Egypt dates back to the 1950s.

At the end of the meeting, souvenirs were exchanged.