AlQa'dah 30, 1436, September 14, 2015, SPA -- President of King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy Dr. Hashim bin Abdullah Yamani stressed that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia gives great importance to nuclear energy as a vital technology for many peaceful applications which benefit the Kingdom and the world. This came in the Kingdom's speech delivered by Dr. Yamani at the opening of the annual conference of the International Agency for Atomic Energy ( IAEA ) in its 59th session which began on Monday at the headquarters of the IAEA in Vienna. The head of King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy noted the kingdom's aspiration to the full implementation of the Comprehensive Plan of Joint Action signed by the countries of the group of (three + three) and Iran, demanding maximum transparency in the implementation of the agreement before the international community. He added that the agreement concerns the Middle East in particular, noting that the kingdom aspires to making the Middle East a zone free of weapons of mass destruction.