PM Receives An Invitation To Attend The Nuclear Energy Summit In Brussels

Baghdad / NINA / -Prime Minister Muhammad Shiaa Al-Sudani received this Monday morning, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Mariano Grossi.

Al-Sudani stressed during the meeting, according to a statement from his media office: “Iraq was one of the first countries that sought to join the IAEA, abide by its treaties, and worked to establish nuclear reactors for peaceful purposes, due to its conviction that nuclear energy should be a source of prosperity and not the development of lethal weapons,” pointing to “At the end of last year, Iraq submitted to the IAEA's requirements for joining the Nuclear Safety Agreement and the Joint Agreement on the Safe Management of Spent Fuel and the Safe Management of Radioactive Waste, and it is looking forward to re-entering the field of peaceful applications of nuclear energy.”  

The Prime Minister expressed Iraq's desire to occupy its natural position in the international arena, and to engage in peaceful activity in the field of atomic energy. Iraq also looks forward to assisting the IAEA in developing programs and projects related to development in the field of nuclear applications for peaceful purposes. 

For his part, Grossi extended an invitation to the Prime Minister to attend the Nuclear Energy Summit, which will be held in Brussels this March, expressing his appreciation for Iraq’s cooperation with the IAEA, stressing that it is one of the leading countries working with the IAEA. He also declared his commitment to working with Iraq in its peaceful program and projects, which includes energy, soil desalination, disease treatment, and other peaceful areas. 

He added that he looked forward to an Iraqi delegation visiting the IAEA's headquarters in the coming weeks to work on developing a road map to develop Iraq’s work, build infrastructure, and obtain nuclear technology in peaceful fields./End