Exchanged there were successes and experience gained in the fields of mathematics and medical, life and agricultural sciences.

The symposium laid foundations for further promoting academic exchanges among universities and scholars of various countries.

Thae Hyong Chol, president of Kim Il Sung University and minister of Higher Education, told KCNA that the symposium would be effective in turning countries more highly civilized.

Vice-President Ri Kuk Chol hoped that universities of various countries would further strengthen exchanges and cooperation with his university.

Prof. Stephan Langerman of Universite Libre de Bruxelles of Belgium said that a workshop on mathematics, as part of the symposium, marked a very important occasion in promoting cooperation, and expressed the willingness to continue attending the symposium in the future.