Pak Sahafat news agency/ Saudi Foreign Minister Faisal bin Farhan on Tuesday accused Iran of violating the nuclear deal with baseless allegations and called on the international community to take responsibility for Iran’s breach of the nuclear deal.
According to Pak Sahafat news agency, the official news agency of Saudi Arabia (WAS), in a virtual speech at one of the sessions of the UN General Assembly on the occasion of the International Day for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons, bin Farhan said: Saudi Arabia’s position emphasizes the principle of the right of states to use nuclear energy peacefully without violating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
He added: Along with all international efforts to prevent countries from acquiring nuclear weapons, it is these types of weapons that destabilize the world.
The Saudi Foreign Minister added that the establishment of international peace and security is not achieved through the possession of weapons of mass destruction, but through cooperation between countries to achieve development and progress.
Bin Farhan said: Despite the international consensus and the desire of many moderate countries in the region to create a Middle East free of weapons of mass destruction, which is a long-term goal, unfortunately Israel still refuses to join the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT).
He also claimed that Saudi Arabia supports international efforts to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons in the short and long term, as well as to block the ability to turn the peaceful use of nuclear energy into military use.
Reza Najafi, Acting Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal Affairs and International Affairs, responded to the Saudi Foreign Minister’s baseless allegations about Iran’s nuclear program in a statement, denying the need to clarify Saudi nuclear activities under the IAEA. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has stressed through the implementation of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty that any international cooperation with Saudi Arabia should be suspended if the IAEA request is not met.