The Kingdom has expressed its interest in helping establish world co-existence and cooperation. In a speech by the Counsellor at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Naif bin Bandar Al Sudairi, the Kingdom stressed the importance of implementing the Biological Weapons Convention signed in 1972. The Kingdom emphasized the need for a safer world free of all sorts of destructive weapons including biological and toxin weapons. In an attempt to show its determination, the Kingdom is due to host a workshop on the Biological Weapons Convention scheduled to take place in Riyadh in early October. -- SPA