THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA HAS CALLED ON THE WORLD COMMUNITY TO MOUNT PRESSURE ON ISRAEL TO COERCE IT CARRY OUT UNITED NATIONS-SPONSORED RESOLUTIONS CALLING FOR NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. IN A SPEECH BEFORE THE MIDDLE EAST: A REGION FREE OF ALL MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS AND MEANS OF THEIR DELIVERY CONFERENCE HELD AT THE ORIENTAL AND AFRICAN COLLEGE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON TODAY, PRINCE MOHAMMED BIN NAWAF BIN ABDULAZIZ, AMBASSADOR OF THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA TO THE UNITED KINGDOM AND IRELAND, READ ON HIS BEHALF BY DR. SAUD ALAMMARI, AN OFFICIAL OF THE SAUDI EMBASSY IN LONDON, CALLED FOR THE ACCESSION OF ISRAEL TO THE TREATY OF NON-PROLIFERATION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND PUTTING ITS NUCLEAR FACILITIES AT THE DISPOSAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY INSPECTORS. HE REITERATED THE KINGDOM'S POSITION THAT THE MIDDLE EAST BECOMES A MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS FREE, NOTING THAT THIS POSITION EMANATES FROM THE KINGDOM'S CONCEPT THAT THE SPREAD OF SUCH DESTRUCTIVE AND EMBARGOED ARMS, PARTICULARLY AMID THE CURRENT ARAB ISRAELI CONFLICT, WOULD NEVER ACHIEVE THE PROSPECTED SECURITY. INSTEAD, IT WOULD AGGRAVATE TENSION AND CONFLICT AMONG THE PEOPLES OF THE REGION, ENABLING TERRORISTS TO ACQUIRE SUCH WEAPONS AND THREATEN THE WORLD AT LARGE, THE AMBASSADOR SAID. REGARDING THE KINGDOM'S POSITION TOWARDS THE IRANIAN WORLD CRISES, THE SAUDI AMBASSADOR SAID THE KINGDOM HAS REPEATEDLY CALLED ON ALL PARTIES CONCERNED OF THE IRANIAN NUCLEAR CRISIS TO RESORT TO DIALOGUE AND NEGOTIATIONS AND FOLLOW PEACEFUL APPROACHES TO REACH A SOLUTION OF THE CRISIS, PARTICULARLY IN VIEW OF IRAN'S CONSTANT ANNOUNCEMENT THAT ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAM IS CONFINED TO PEACEFUL PURPOSES. HE SAID THE ACHIEVEMENT OF SECURITY AND STABILITY IN THE REGION, INCLUDING THE ARAB GULF REGION, WOULD NOT COME THROUGH WORK TO OBTAIN MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS BUT THROUGH EACH COUNTRY'S SHOULDERING RESPONSIBILITY TOWARDS MAINTAINING ITS OWN SECURITY AND STABILITY AND OBSERVING OTHERS' INTERESTS AND RIGHTS AS BRINGING ABOUT SECURITY AND PEACE IS A JOINT RESPONSIBILITY THAT IS NOT CONFINED TO ONE COUNTRY RATHER THAN THE OTHER.
