In the 19th General Assembly of the Association of the State Universities of the Caspian Region Countries (ASUCC), which have been held 11-14 October, 2016 in Dagestan State University (Makhachkala, Russia), University of Guilan has been appointed as the Iranian Secretariat of this association. In this meeting, the rector of Dagestan State University has also been appointed as the rotating presidency of ASUCC.
Having discussed current tasks of the Association, participants of the 19th General assembly have emphasized on joint bilateral and multilateral cooperation between Universities/ members of the Association. The participants also emphasized on the importance of developing academic programs to reach an international understanding between ASUCC members.