Dr. Ayman Ashour, Minister of Higher Education and
Scientific Research, stressed the importance of the role of the Remote Sensing
and Space Science Authority in the exploration of promising places for
agriculture, mining and the study of crop composition and water availability,
using the latest techniques, noting the important role played by the Authority.
He stressed the need to strengthen joint scientific and research cooperation
with various stakeholders and institutions for the benefit of society and the
national economy.
In this context, Dr. Islam Abu Al-Magd received the Chairman of the National
Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Science, Major General Ali Al-Deeb, Head
of the Strategic Planning Sector of Egypt ' s Future Development Agency for
Sustainable Development, and Deputy Dr. Sama Sulaiman, Under-Secretary of the
Foreign, Arab and African Affairs Committee of the Senate, to examine the
frameworks for joint cooperation between the two sides, particularly in the
area of agricultural development, the exploration of new places for agriculture
and the study of the crop composition of these places and the groundwater on
which agricultural growth can take place.
During the meeting, the two sides discussed cooperation frameworks in the New
Delta region and places that could bring about an increase in the agricultural
area and increase the productivity of some strategic and export crops that
could contribute to economic return and growth of Egyptian exports.
The meeting also discussed frameworks for cooperation in mining activity and
promising places that could be a source of mining operations, mineral
exploration concessions or concessions for the extraction of building materials
and decorations.
The meeting also discussed cooperation frameworks in techniques and
technologies for the use of ground-based lasers and lasers by the organization
' s aircraft, which could participate in studies in smart cities, the
development of smart cities and the physical development of some new places in
new cities.
The meeting discussed how the Senate and the Committee for Arab and African
Affairs could support the Commission politically and legislatively in order to
maximize the return of scientific research, research and development outputs
from the Commission to serve the State and achieve strategic Arab and African
partnerships.
The meeting also discussed how the Senate and the Committee on Arab and African
Affairs could support the Commission by presenting topics that could yield a
strategic return and a return on scientific research and its development at the
State level, thereby increasing the output of scientific research that would
contribute to scientific development and socio-economic growth.
The meeting also emphasized the importance of making the most of the Commission
' s aircraft ' s potential to support the information infrastructure and to
obtain accurate information from the Authority ' s sophisticated aerial imaging
equipment.