Sunday, August 27, 2023

Have any countries expressed opposition to Saudi Arabia's nuclear program?

 Yes, some countries have expressed opposition to Saudi Arabia's nuclear program. Israel's Energy Minister, Israel Katz, has voiced opposition to the idea of Saudi Arabia developing a civilian nuclear program as part of any U.S.-mediated forging of relations between the countries

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 Israel has long worried that potentially hostile neighbors could use civilian nuclear energy and other projects developed under the 1970 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) as cover for clandestine bomb-making
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 However, Saudi Arabia has not openly pursued a nuclear weapons program and has signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons
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 Studies of nuclear proliferation have not identified Saudi Arabia as a country of concern
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