Dr. Sheikholeslami, the head of the Institute for Political and International Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, met and talked with Zambry Abdul Kadir, Malaysia's Minister of Foreign Affairs, on August 21, 2023.

In this meeting, the bilateral cooperation between Iran and Malaysia in the fields of studies, think tanks, and universities, and the expansion of cooperation in the field of documents and holding an exhibition of documents of bilateral relations were discussed and investigated.

In this meeting, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia, Zambry Abdul Kadir, also evaluated the cooperation between the two countries in the think tank and scientific fields as important and emphasized Malaysia's readiness to examine ways to promote the cooperation between the two countries, especially strengthening cooperation with the Institute of Diplomatic and Foreign Relations (IDFR) and the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS).

In this framework, the two sides agreed that a joint comprehensive memorandum of understanding in the fields of science, think tanks, and documents will be signed soon between the two sides.