Gulf States discuss nuclear plans with IAEA

12 February 2007

[International Herald Tribune, 11 February] Officials from The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) will meet with the International Atomic Energy Agency toseek help planning the development ofnuclear energy, according to the council's secretary genera,l AbdulRahman al-Attiyah. The GCC's members are Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar,Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The GCC announced inDecember 2006 its intentions to develop nuclear energy in the Gulfregion.

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