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Saudi gov't approves joining nuclear safety convention
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-02-02 04:34
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Saudi government approved on Monday joining the Convention on Nuclear Safety, Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported.
During a cabinet meeting under King Abdullah bin Abdul-Aziz, the government approved joining the convention adopted in Vienna on June 17, 1994. A royal decree to be issued in this regard, the report said. In mid-May of 2008, the White House announced major cooperation agreements with Saudi Arabia on civil nuclear power.
On January 24, Mohammed Salim Sorour al-Sabban who heads Saudi's UN climate negotiations, ruled out developing an atomic energy program in the country, saying that Riyadh seeks to focus on solar energy.
