Astronomy conference participants call for creation of pan-Arab space agency

AMMAN — Participants at the 12th Arab conference for Space Sciences and Astronomy and the 7th Islamic Astronomy conference called for contacting the Arab League and Arab space agencies to establish a pan-Arab space agency.

The recommendation came during the concluding session of the event, which began on Tuesday, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. Attendees also recommended establishing space and astronomy agencies in the Arab world tasked with developing relevant sciences.

On the sidelines of the conference, Iraqi Hamid Nuaimi was reelected as president of the Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences and Jordanian Awni Khasawneh as secretary general.