Manama, March 4 (BNA): The Kingdom of Bahrain has joined the Artemis Accords to enhance cooperation in space exploration and the peaceful use of space. The announcement came on the sidelines of the visit of His Royal Highness Prince Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister to the United States.
The CEO of the National Space Science Agency, Dr. Muhammad Ibrahim Al-Asiri, explained that joining the Artemis agreements will open the door to new opportunities for cooperation and investment in this field, and will facilitate the exchange of experiences between the signatories to them. He said that these efforts will help achieve the objectives of the National Food Safety Authority, foremost of which is raising the Kingdom’s position regionally and internationally.
Al-Asiri added that this step will enable the enhancement of training and research opportunities for the Kingdom and facilitate the exchange of data related to space and various projects of economic importance.
The NSSA has been invited by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to join the agreements, with the goal of pursuing a common set of goals and interests.
The Artemis Agreements were signed by eight founding countries: the United Arab Emirates, the United States, the United Kingdom, Japan, Italy, Canada, Australia and Luxembourg. South Korea, New Zealand, Brazil and Ukraine have since joined as signatories.
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