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Saudi Arabia welcomes Iran nuclear agreement<\/strong>
\n25 November, 2013 – Al Jazeera<\/p>\n

Saudi Arabia has said an interim deal on Iran’s nuclear programme could be a step towards a comprehensive solution – and hoped it could lead to the removal of WMD from the Middle East.<\/p>\n

“The government of the kingdom sees that if there was goodwill, this agreement could represent a preliminary step towards a comprehensive solution to the Iranian nuclear programme,” the cabinet said in a statement.<\/p>\n

It said the deal could eventually lead “to the removal of weapons of mass destruction, especially nuclear weapons, from the Middle East and the Arab Gulf region”.<\/p>\n

The statement appeared to be a refence to Israel, which is the only country in the region to have a nuclear arsenal, although it has never admitted its existence.<\/p>\n

Sunday’s agreement, reached after marathon talks in Geneva, was condemned by Israel as a “historic mistake” that left the production of atomic weapons within Tehran’s reach. Israel said it would not be bound by it.
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The kingdom said it hoped that this agreement would be followed by further steps that would guarantee the rights of all states in the region to peaceful nuclear energy.<\/p>\n

Several countries in the region have notified the UN they intend to begin their own civilian nuclear energy programmes under the terms of the nuclear non-proliferation treaty.<\/p>\n

The Saudi statement is the first on the Iran agreement, an issue has strained relations between the kingdom and the US in recent months.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the French foreign minister Laurent Fabius, said that thew EU would begin lifting sanctions by December, as per the interim agreement.<\/p>\n

Iran agreed to suspend enrichment work, relinquish its stockpiles of 20 percent enriched uranium, and stop construction of a heavy water reactor which could produce plutonium. In return, world powers will lift a number of sanctions to aid Iran’s crippled economy.<\/p>\n

Israel’s prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, said on Monday that he was sending its national security adviser, Yossi Cohen, to Washington for talks on the agreement. …source<\/a><\/p>\n

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