WASHINGTON – Saudi Arabia announced on
Friday that it has donated $10 million to launch
a specialized center to combat nuclear
terrorism, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA)
reported.
The center will be established at the
headquarters of the International Atomic
Energy Agency (IAEA), in Vienna, capital of
Austria, according to Dr. Hashim Bin Abdullah
Yamani, president of King Abdullah City for
Atomic and Renewable Energy, and the head of
the Saudi delegation to the Nuclear Security
Summit.
The Kingdom also donated €500,000 for the
modernization project of the IAEA laboratories,
in Seibersdorf, on the outskirts of Vienna.
The Kingdom was among the first countries that
supported the international resolutions related
to nuclear security and paid special attention to
the issue of infrastructure development for
nuclear security, Yamani said while addressing
the summit.
The Kingdom was one of the first countries that
supported international resolutions related to
nuclear security and it has ratified the
Convention on the Physical Protection of
Nuclear Materials. It also supported the Global
Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism as a
party of the International Convention for the
Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism, he
said.
Dr. Yamani stressed that the Kingdom has been
effectively and positively represented in most
international forums and activities related to
nuclear security, since the first summit in
Washington in 2010, saying that the Kingdom
gives special attention to the issue of
infrastructure of nuclear security development
through the realization of integration between
nuclear safety and nuclear security.
The Kingdom is continuing to activate the
strategic partnership agreement between King
Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy
and the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority,
in Finland, as a strategic partner to provide
technical support, necessary knowledge and
experience for organizing the Saudi atomic
energy sector and providing it with necessary
training of human resources, in order to
establish an independent national authority for
nuclear regulation.
He said that the Kingdom, in the international
context, has provided and will continue to
provide full support to all international
activities, in the field of nuclear security,
pointing out that the Kingdom had in 2014
announced a donation of $100 million for the
establishment of the United Nations counter-
terrorism center.
Dr. Yamani emphasized the great attention
given by the Kingdom for the pivotal role
played by IAEA in the field of nuclear security.
“Saudi Arabia calls on all countries to support
and enhance technical and human resources of
the IAEA through the establishment of a
specialized center to combat nuclear terrorism,
at the agency’s headquarters in Vienna.
In this regard, we would like to announce Saudi
Arabia’s donation of $ 10 million for the
establishment of such a center, as well as a
donation of € 500,000 for the modernization
project of the IAEA laboratories, in
Seibersdorf, Austria,” he added.
https://saudigazette.com.sa/saudi-arabia/kingdom-gives-10m-build-nuclear-terrorism-combat-center/

Ehhh, after sponsoring terrorism, they now what to stop it from acquiring nukes because they are afraid that the dog they fed will come back to bit them... Hypocrite

BLINGZ88:
Ehhh, after sponsoring terrorism, they now what to stop it from acquiring nukes because they are afraid that the dog they fed will come back to bit them... Hypocrite

They don't sponsor terrorism, they're victims of terrorism like others.

That's a bold and welcoming action seeing that even Saudi Arabia is threatened by the rise of terrorism in the Middle-East.

They have been combating extremism/terrorism for decades but little or no credit is given to them for their efforts. Google Muhammad bin Nayef Centre