The King of Saudi Arabia stressed that it is one of the first countries that joined the agreement prohibiting chemical weapons based on its firm policy aiming at dismantling all weapons of mass destruction and banning their possession. This came in the speech delivered today by Prince Dr. Turki bin Mohammad bin Saud Alkabir, Undersecretary of the Foreign Ministry for Multilateral Relations and Head of the Saudi National Commission for the Implementation of the Agreement Prohibiting Chemical Weapons, before the 60th session of the Executive Council of the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons currently held in the Hague, the Netherlands. The Saudi official highlighted the importance of the agreement and the steps taken by the kingdom to implement it. He said the steps included establishing the national commission for implementing the agreement, introducing laws governing its implementation, training personnel to implement the agreement and protect against the dangers of chemical weapons, forming inspection teams in this field, seizing violations and dealing with them. --More
