Malaysia & Saudi Arabia Sign MOU On Science & Technology Collaboration

Malaysia and Saudi Arabia inked an Memorandum of Understanding this Tuesday to forge bilateral cooperation in the area of science & technology over the next five years.

AsianScientist (Dec. 16, 2011) – Malaysia and Saudi Arabia inked an Memorandum of Understanding this Tuesday to forge bilateral cooperation in the area of science & technology over the next five years.

The MoU was signed by Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation, Y.B. Datuk Fadillah Yusof and Vice President of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST), H.E. Dr. Abdulaziz Mohammed Al-Swailem.

With the signing of the MoU, a Malaysia-Saudi Arabia Joint Committee on S&T will be set up to identify and facilitate collaborative between Malaysian and Saudi Arabian research institutes.

These collaborations will include joint research, exchange of scientists, joint conferences, and common utilization of scientific equipment.

In his welcoming remarks, Y.B. Datuk Fadillah Yusof expressed the keenness of the Ministry’s agencies and institutions of higher learning to collaborate with their respective Saudi Arabian counterparts.

Project proposals identified include areas of expertise such as information and communications technology (ICT), and renewable energy and standardization.

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Source: MOSTI.
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