Saudi security official supports Iran's nuclear right
Saudi Arabia-Iran, Politics, 1/27/2007

Iran's Secretary of Saudi Arabian National Security Council Bandar bin Sultan said that his country supports Iran's right to access nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

The Saudi official made the remark Thursday in a press conference at Mehrabad International Airport, before leaving Tehran.

"In the last meeting of the Persian Gulf Cooperation Council member states, it was approved to hold talks on peaceful use of nuclear energy," he said.

Bandar bin Sultan said that naturally working on any sensitive technology requires consideration of security matters.

"Given the sensitivity of the issue, the less it is discussed, the better it would be. Besides discussion about nuclear energy should take place in peace and with caution," he said.

He hoped that such talks will eventually lead to a peaceful solution.

Turning to Iran as a great country in the Islamic world, he said that in his talks with Iranian officials, the problems facing the world of Islam and the Arab states were discussed.

The Saudi National Security Council secretary hoped that both sides will attempt to materialize the interests of the two nations nations and not take any measure against the interests of Muslim Ummah.

He urged, "We should attempt to be more practical rather than just talking."

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