Amman, Jan. 6
(Petra)--His Majesty King Abdullah II laid the foundation
stone for the establishment of the International Center for " Synchrotron-light
for Experimental Science and Applications for the Middle East".
Work to build facilities of the laboratory which will be located
at Al Balqa Applied University in Allan Near Salt city, will begin
later this months.
The ceremony was attended by Director General of the UNESCO Koichiro
Matsuura and Deputy Director General, of the Department of Nuclear
Sciences and Applications at the International Atomic Energy Agency
(IAEA) Professor Werner Burkart.
Seven countries namely Bahrain, Egypt, Iran, Israel, Jordan the
Palestinian national Authority and Turkey have officially joined SESAME.
The total cost of the laboratory will reach JD4 million.
Minister of Education Dr. Khaled Touqan noted efforts that are
being exerted to support the project by additional $10 million.
In remarks he made during the opening ceremony, he said that
the establishment of this project is in line with the national efforts
led by His Majesty king Abdullah to transfer Jordan to the modern
age and make it a center for information technology in the Middle
East.
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