The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia reiterated that there are deficiencies in the Iranian nuclear agreement and stressed the importance of a comprehensive international agreement to ensure that Iran is prevented from acquiring nuclear weapons in any way. The kingdom noted with concern the recent reports of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) including Iran's breaches of its nuclear obligations, both in the level of enrichment of uranium and the level of production of uranium, in addition to the installation and development of advanced centrifuges, and cessation of all its research and development obligations, as well as recent statements by Iranian officials in this regard. This came in the kingdom's speech before the First Committee during the work of the General Assembly of the United Nations seventy fourth session, and which was delivered today by the Chairman of the Committee on Disarmament and International Security of the permanent delegation of the kingdom to the United Nations Counselor Mansour bin Talak al-Mutairi. Al-Mutairi said that Iran exploited the economic revenue from the nuclear agreement to finance its hostile and terrorist activities in the region, the latest of which was the horrific attacks on oil facilities in the cities of Abqaiq and Khurais using 25 winged missiles and drones, causing a decrease in oil production by about 50% equivalent to (5.7) million barrels, which is a flagrant violation of international laws and customs, an attack on international peace and security and a major threat to oil supplies to world markets. Al-Mutairi expressed Saudi Arabia's support for the statements made by the Arab Group and the Non-Aligned Movement, saying that Saudi Arabia stressed the importance of efforts to achieve the goals of eliminating nuclear weapons, especially in the Middle East. --More 03:52 LOCAL TIME 00:52 GMT 0058 www.spa.gov.sa/1982953
