The UK’s Secretary of State for Science Peter Kyle stated that Britain plans to boost innovation and technology with Saudi Arabia, according to Arab News.
During his visit to the Kingdom, Kyle said that bilateral collaboration between the two countries will help them both benefit from the rapid advances in AI technologies.
The UK wants “to continue to work closely with Saudi Arabia to bring together our science and tech expertise so we can ensure potentially game-changing innovations can benefit both our nations,” Kyle said in the interview published on Thursday.
The minister added that both countries are natural partners in these areas, and they also boast shared ambitions, mutual goals in innovation and strengths in science and technology.
“Right across the world, breakthrough technologies like AI, quantum, and engineering biology are starting to transform our economies and societies,” he added.
After both countries launched a joint energy partnership in January 2022, the UK and Saudi Arabia started to work together on clean energy and hydrogen technologies.
“We have made becoming a clean energy superpower one of our key government missions, and the growing demand for clean energy is a massive, shared opportunity — for growth, for green jobs, and for enhanced energy security,” Kyle said.
Consequently, such collaboration has increased after a visit in December to Riyadh by the British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer.
Significant Visit
During his visit to the Kingdom, Kyle toured the King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center and met the medics who conducted the first robotic heart transplant in January.
“By further building the commercial and investment ties between our two countries, we can drive research and innovation and build the skills we need to continue the net-zero transition — benefitting us all,” he added.
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