Shafaq News/ On Monday, the International Atomic Energy Agency sent an official invitation to Iraqi Prime Minister Muhammad Shia al-Sudani to participate in the nuclear energy summit that will be held in Brussels this month, while confirming that it is awaiting an Iraqi delegation’s visit to its headquarters in the coming weeks to develop a road map to empower the country. From obtaining nuclear technology in peaceful fields.
The Prime Minister’s Media Office stated in a statement received by Shafaq News Agency that Al-Sudani received this morning the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Rafael Mariano Grossi, and confirmed during the meeting that Iraq was one of the first countries that sought to join the agency, abide by its treaties, and worked to establish nuclear reactors. For peaceful purposes due to his conviction that nuclear energy should be a source of prosperity and not for the development of lethal weapons.
He pointed out that at the end of last year, Iraq submitted to the Agency the requirements for joining the Nuclear Safety Agreement and the Joint Agreement on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, and it is looking forward to re-entering the field of peaceful applications of nuclear energy.
Al-Sudani expressed Iraq’s desire to occupy its natural position in the international arena and to engage in peaceful activity in the field of atomic energy. He also looked forward to assisting the Agency in developing programs and projects related to development in the field of nuclear applications for peaceful purposes.
For his part, Grossi extended an invitation to the Sudanese to attend the Nuclear Energy Summit, which will be held in Brussels this March, expressing his appreciation for Iraq’s cooperation with the agency.
He pointed out that Iraq is one of the leading countries working with the agency, and he also declared a commitment to work with Iraq in its peaceful program and projects, which include energy, soil desalination, treatment of diseases, and other peaceful fields.
Grossi expressed his aspiration for the Iraqi delegation to visit the agency’s headquarters in the coming weeks. To work on developing a road map to develop Iraq’s work, build infrastructure, and obtain nuclear technology in peaceful fields.
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