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Rubio says Saudi nuclear pact will include safeguards
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS Secretary of State Marco Rubio says a landmark nuclear cooperation pact with Saudi Arabia would result only in a peaceful, civilian atomic program.
“Suffice it to say that any agreement that we’re going to make with any country in the world on civil nuclear energy is going to be one that will have safeguards in place to ensure that it can’t be turned into a weapons program,” Rubio says on the sidelines of a Southeast Asian summit in Manila.
“Saudi Arabia seeks to have a peaceful, civil nuclear program,” he tells reporters, noting a similar deal was in place with the United Arab Emirates.
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