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By Yasmin AlDamen

1^st Coordination Meeting of the Regional Project “Using Ion Beam Analysis and Complementary Nuclear Techniques for Material Characterization in ARASIA State Parties” 

The first coordination meeting for the regional project “Using Ion Beam Analysis and Complementary Nuclear Techniques for Material Characterization in ARASIA State Parties” was held 1^st -3^rd April 2009 in Vienna, Austria.

Dr. Rami Ali, Director of the Office of International Relations and National Coordinator of the project participated in the meeting which was organized by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The meeting aimed at enhancing and promoting the use of ion beam analysis and complementary nuclear techniques, such as X-ray fluorescence, and studying the characteristics of materials related to archaeology and new elaborated materials.

It is worth mentioning that the creation of the Agreement "Co-operative Agreement for Arab States in Asia for Research, Development and Training Related to Nuclear Science and Technology", identified by the acronym "ARASIA", was based on the need to develop a cooperative framework that brings together the Arab States in Asia, which share the same developmental problems, for the purpose of consolidating and integrating their efforts in research, development, and training, and encouraging and strengthening technical co-operation activities among them. The Arab States which are counterparts of the project are Jordan, Iraq, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Syrian Arab Republic, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.