CAIRO, April 20 (MENA) – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigration Badr Abdelatty asserted that Egypt’s hosting the premises of the African Space Agency (AfSA) is a quantum leap in the action track of the African continent.

This comes from Egypt’s deep belief in its pioneering role in the continent and its commitment to support the African integration efforts, Abdelatty said.

The Egyptian state exerted intensified efforts to establish AfSA which represents the vision of “Africa We Want”, which is part of Agenda 2063, he said.

This came during Abdelatty’s participation on Sunday in the inauguration of the premises of AfSA in Cairo.

This step will be decisive in the track of the African joint action, especially in the fields of technology and space policies.

AfSA will be a platform to promote cooperation between the African countries in the peaceful uses of space, exchanging expertise, building capabilities, and unifying the African stances in the international gatherings, especially within the framework of the UN, he said.

He pointed out the importance of the openness of the AfSA for cooperation with research institutions, universities, and international space agencies to contribute to laying down strong African rule in space science and technology.

Egypt exerted strenuous technical and concrete efforts throughout the past years to render the project of the agency successful, he said.

AfSA aims at promoting the capabilities of Africa in space technology to achieve social and economic development according to the vision of the African Union. (MENA)

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