Delegates of the Russian Academy of Sciences visited ASTU and held a consultative meeting with ASTU’s top management. The consultative meeting was held with the view of exploring potential areas of collaboration. Dr. Lemi Guta, president of ASTU, welcomed the guests and noted that ASTU is keen to establish collaboration with Russian universities.

Dr. Lemi underscored that ASTU is looking forward to working on areas of cooperation that involve knowledge sharing and skills transfer. On the occasion a brief highlight of ASTU's background and current status has been presented for the delegates.

On the part of the visitors, Professor Irina, Abramova, thanked ASTU for the warm reception. Professor Irina stated that she has got first hand information of the potential of Africa as she was one of the organizers of the 1st and the 2nd Russia Africa Summits. Professor Irina reintegrated that Africa is a strategic partner for Russia. She underscored that Russia is willing to engage in bilateral exchanges, scientific symposia and cultural exchange to work in partnership with African nations. She also stated that there are several opportunities for collaboration with ASTU. She enumerated a number of potential areas of cooperation including, water treatment, energy, space science, transportation, IT…etc.

All the delegates expressed their readiness to work in collaboration with ASTU. The delegates visited Materials Science & Engineering laboratory and the ICT center. The two parties reached consensus to figure out specific areas of cooperation shortly and engage in meaningful cooperation.