Will rely on each other for manpow­er, techni­cal suppor­tISLAMABAD: After a two-day brainstorming session to become scientifically and technologically independent, member states of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) have decided to share scientific equipment with each other rather than importing them from Western countries. The decision was taken at the concluding session of the high-level meeting hosted by COMSTECH, also known as OIC’s Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation, on Tuesday. The ‘STI Agenda 2026’ was approved at the first OIC Summit on Science and Technology held earlier this year in Astana, Kazakhstan. An official privy to the meeting told The Express Tribune that the OIC member states decided to share scientific equipment with each other as they were already manufacturing them, instead of importing from Western countries. The decisions made during the meeting will be shared with all OIC member states for their input and finalisation within the next three months.

Source: The Express Tribune December 13, 2017 05:03 UTC