Saudi Arabia to Create Nonproliferation Commission

Saudi Arabia plans to set up an independent WMD nonproliferation commission and to implement agreements with the International Atomic Energy Agency, Arab News reported yesterday (see GSN, Feb. 7).

“The new commission is planned as part of the Kingdom’s efforts to make the Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction,” the Al-Madinah Arabic daily quoted high-level sources as saying (see related GSN story, today).

Nuclear, biological and chemical weapons monitoring committees established in 1995 are expected to merge to form the new body, according to the report (P.K. Abdul Ghafour, Arab News, March 6).

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