Russia Support Arab Nuclear Plan

Russia has backed Arab plans to study the possibility of developing nuclear technology, Agence France-Presse reported yesterday (see GSN, Dec. 15, 2006).

“Certainly we are in favor of respecting the right of the faithful members of [the Nuclear] Nonproliferation Treaty to have access to peaceful use of nuclear energy,” said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during a visit to the United Arab Emirates (see GSN, Feb. 14).

The Gulf Cooperation Council, consisting of six Arab nations including Saudi Arabia, plans to visit the International Atomic Energy Agency in Vienna soon to discuss the study (see GSN, Feb. 12; Agence France-Presse, Feb. 15).

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