Syria’s higher education minister and Saudi Arabia’s ambassador discussed a roadmap for university and research cooperation in Damascus on Tuesday, SANA reported.

Minister Marwan al-Halabi and Ambassador Ghazi al-Anzi reviewed education investment, laboratory equipment, technical education and educational technology.

The proposed roadmap includes academic and student exchanges, digital transformation and follow-up on university agreements, including cooperation with Prince Mohammad Bin Fahd University in aerospace engineering.

Al-Halabi also called for reviving a Syrian-Saudi universities forum and cooperation in simulation laboratories, artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. The report did not announce that the roadmap had begun implementation.

Source: SANA · Photo: Stijn te Strake / Wikimedia Commons (CC0), Riyadh, April 2017 (file).