Eng. Khaled Hashem, Minister of Industry, held a meeting with Prof. Ismail Abdel Ghaffar Ismail Farag, President of the Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), to discuss ways of strengthening cooperation in the fields of scientific research, support for startups, and technical and vocational education and training. The meeting was attended by Prof. Khaled S. El-Kilany, Dean of the Industry Service Complex at the Arab Academy, along with a number of senior officials from the Ministry.