JAKARTA, April 26 (Xinhua) -- Laos is asking Indonesia to send its teachers to help the Southeast Asian neighbor improve its human resources quality, visiting president of National University of Laos (NUOL), Prof. Soukkongseng, said Thursday.

    "We are happy with the cooperation we have with Indonesia," Soukkongseng was quoted by the national Antara news agency as saying.

    He made the remarks during his visit to state-run Gadjah Mada University, locally abbreviated as UGM, in the southern Java town of Yogyakarta.

    Vientiane-based NUOL and UGM have signed agreement under which UGM would provide scholarships for Lao students.

    UGM Rector Sofian Effendi said that the memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed at the momentum of the 50th anniversary of Indonesia-Laos diplomatic relations.

    Effendi said UGM also agree to send teachers to Laos.

    "The MoU covers cooperation on education and training in the forestry field, engineering, management, irrigation, state administration and financial management," he said.