Nuclear security

Saudi Arabia Donates $10 Million to Fight Nuclear Terrorism

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has donated $10 million to establish a specialized center to combat nuclear terrorism at the headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), in Vienna, Austria.  Saudi Arabia has also donated $570,000 for the project to modernize the IAEA laboratories in Seibersdorf, Austria.

This announcement was made yesterday by Dr. Hashim Abdullah Yamani, President ofKing Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy and head of the Saudi delegation to the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington.

Dr. Yamani said Saudi Arabia was one of the first countries that supported international resolutions related to nuclear security. He said the Kingdom has ratified the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material and supports the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism as a party to the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism.