A Saudi official: Saudi Arabia is looking to launch its own nuclear program
reports Mehr News Agency quoted by Sputnik, Adel al -Jubair, a member of the Saudi Minister of Ministers and Saudi Arabia’s representative, stressed that the country was aimed at starting its nuclear program aimed at generating energy and converting uranium Strives to nuclear fuel.
He added that the nuclear program allows Saudi Arabia to sell nuclear fuel at competitive prices and strengthen its economic position.
Al-Jubair’s remarks at the Saudi Role Summit on Global Environmental Challenges on the sidelines of the annual Davos Summit.
“Saudi Arabia, as the world’s largest energy producer, intends to become one of the most prominent energy exporters in the world,” said he said. We do not want to be a country for mining and transferring reserves out.
Al-Jubair continued: This has nothing to do with nuclear weapons.