AL calls for joining Atomic Energy commission

Arab League Secretary General Esmat Abdul Meguid on Wednesday in Cairo called on the Arab states which are not members of the Arab Atomic Energy Commission to join it with the objective to enhancing common Arab cooperation in the area of using nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.

In a meeting held by the commission on Wednesday in Cairo, Abdul Meguid indicated the special attention accorded by the Arab states to boosting technology and science and to the development of nuclear energy's uses in agriculture, industry and other applications.

The Arab states that are not members of the commission are Algeria, Bahrain, the Comoros Islands, Djibouti, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Somalia, the United Arab Emirates and Yemen.