Saudi Gazette report

PARIS — Saudi Arabia's Minister of Communications and Information Technology Eng. Abdullah bin Amer Al-Sawaha met here on Monday with the ambassador for digital affairs of France Henri Verdier, the Saudi Press Agency reported.

The meeting was also attended by the CEO of the Saudi Space Commission, Dr. Mohammed Al-Tamimi, Acting President of King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) Dr. Munir M. Eldesouki, and a number of officials from both sides.

During the meeting, they discussed enhancing bilateral cooperation in the fields of technical and digital transformation, space and innovation.

The two parties also discussed stimulating the growth of the digital economy and innovation system and ways of accelerating the adoption of modern technologies in the Middle East and North Africa by relying on the digital and logistical platform provided by Saudi Arabia as a hub for connecting continents, in addition to the Fourth Industrial Revolution Center, which was recently inaugurated in Riyadh.