Syria's Minister of Communications and Technology Iyad Khatib stressed the need to develop the country's space programme and launch its first satellite into orbit.
The minister visited the Syrian space research agency General Organisation of Remote Sensing (GORS) and met with its management and staff, who presented their projects to Khatib.
"The minister said that GORS should develop a road map for the Syrian space programme, as well as for the launch of the first artificial satellite into Earth’s orbit, like other Arab countries", Spunik cited the ministry as saying.
According to Khatib, the creation of the satellite will be one of the ministry's main goals.
