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Cabinet approved yesterday the Kingdom joining an agreement on privileges and immunities of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), state news agency SPA reported yesterday. No further details were provided, but the ministers mandated the Foreign Minister to complete necessary procedures to join the agreement.
We’ve been expecting this: An IAEA mission visiting the Kingdom for the first time in November said it showed “commitment to safety for all applications and occurrences of radiation sources in the country.” The visit came a few years after the Kingdom unrolled in 2018 its atomic energy program for peaceful uses.
Also approved at the ministers meeting:
- Mandating the Industry and Mineral Resources Minister to discuss and sign a MoU with Algeria on industrial cooperation;
- Mandating the Industry Minister to discuss and sign a MoU with the UK for biological, cellular and genetic medicines cooperation;
- Mandating the Industry Minister to discuss and sign a MoU with Turkey for mining cooperation
- Mandating the Investment Minister to discuss and sign a MoU with Trinidad and Tobago to promote direct investment.
