The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia stressed the importance of implementing the Convention on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons, emanating from its policy to disarm all weapons of mass destruction under strict and effective international supervision. This came in a speech delivered by Saudi Ambassador to the Netherlands and Kingdom's Permanent Representative to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al-Shaghroud yesterday evening at the 18th session of the Conference of States Parties to the Organization. The Kingdom said, "Its commitment to the Convention and interest in its implementation at the national and international levels, are an extension of its policy aimed to contribute actively to the efforts to ban all types of weapons of mass destruction and prevent their spread on the grounds that the presence of such weapons constitutes a threat to international peace and security. --More 11:19 LOCAL TIME 08:19 GMT تغريد
