JINR – Oman: step towards cooperation

On 28 September, the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research was visited by a delegation from the Sultanate of Oman headed by Khalid Al-Shuaibi, President of the National Investment and Export Development Programme and Coordinator of the Oman Vision 2040 Programme, who was on a work visit to Russia. Head of the Investment Department of the Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Investment Promotion of the Sultanate of Oman, Khadija Al-Saqtari, and Head of the Business Partnership Development Department, Jassim Al-Alalwi, also arrived at JINR. The delegation visited the NICA Complex scientific infrastructure facilities and studied the opportunities of work in radiation materials science and biomedical research. Potential areas of cooperation were discussed at the meeting with JINR representatives.

Representatives of the leadership of the research and Quantum R LLC, which is an industrial partner of the ARIADNA Collaboration on applied research at the NICA Complex, accompanied the delegation. From the JINR side, the delegation was welcomed by Alexander Sorin, VBLHEP Deputy Director, Oleg Belov, Deputy Head of the VBLHEP Department of Methodological Research and Innovation, and Igor Lensky, Head of the Innovations and Intellectual Property Department.

The programme of the visit concluded with a round table, where the parties discussed the results of the visit and outlined further steps for the development of trilateral cooperation between ARIADNA, the Omani side, and Quantum R LLC.

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