VIENNA: The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has lauded the State of Qatar's support and permanent cooperation with the agency, and its role as a member of the Agency's Board of Governors in promoting the peaceful uses of nuclear energy globally.
IAEA’s Director General Rafael Grossi shared these ideas when he met with the Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations and international organizations in Vienna HE Sultan bin Salmeen Al Mansouri, on the occasion of the end of his tenure.
Grossi expressed his deep appreciation for the State of Qatar's contributions to financing the agency's various programmes and projects, especially the contribution to financing the renovation of the agency's Seibersdorf Laboratories on the outskirts of Vienna and the agency's technical cooperation programme.
The ambassador affirmed the State of Qatar's commitment to continue cooperating and supporting the agency's future activities and to play its role in preventing nuclear proliferation and assisting Member States in benefiting from nuclear technologies and implementing their development, economic and social programmes, especially in the areas of food, agriculture and human health and environmental protection.
The envoy also expressed Qatar's gratitude for the cooperation and expertise provided by the IAEA to Qatar and said he looked forward to expanding and strengthening this cooperation in the future to accelerate the pace of Qatar's development programmess and scientific development.