English - Industrial Research Institute

Calling for expanding the
basis of mandatory standards
The Committee for Parliamentary Works
visitis IRI
Committee Members during their tour of IRI Laboratories
12 October, 2010
Deputy Mr. Mohammad Kobbany, president of the
Parliamentary Public Works Committee accompanied
by committee members visited IRI along
with the Minister of Industry H. E. Eng. Abraham
Dedeyan. The Institute’s Director General, Dr. Bassam
Frenn, gave a speech welcoming the Minister
and the committee to IRI. During their visit they
viewed a movie depicting the Institute’s history and
highlighting its accomplishments throughout the
years and were given a comprehensive tour of IRI's
laboratories.
Mr. Kobbany delivered a keynote speech in which
he praised IRI’s work ethics and showed how impressed
he was with its high technical level. He focused
on the necessity of complying with the existing
laws and mandatory decrees and emphasized the
need to extend the mandatory specifications. He also
expressed his admiration and that of the committee
members of the superior level of professionalism at
IRI and called for increasing its budget by the state,
urging the concerned departments to benefit from
the Institute’s expertise and high technical ability.
Deputy Kobbany then mentioned the positive cooperation
between the Institute and the Public Works
Committee for many years in the past, especially
that for bottled water.
H. E. Minister Dedeyan gave a speech praising in
it IRI and its activities and noted the importance of
cooperation between the Institute and other public
entities.
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