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Korea, Saudi Arabia on 'right path' to forge closer cooperation: prince
By Kim Deok-hyun
SEOGWIPO (Yonhap) - South Korea and Saudi Arabia are on the "right path" to forge closer cooperation, Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal said Friday, as the two nations continue talks that could pave the way for Seoul to build atomic power plants in Riyadh.
Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest exporter of crude oil, plans to spend more than US$100 billion to build at least 16 nuclear power plants across the oil-rich nation to meet rising demand for electricity and maintain its current oil export levels, Faisal told a regional forum in Seogwipo, a city on South Korea's southern resort island of Jeju.
Seoul and Riyadh "are on the right path to strategic partnership. I hope this will be the door to enter the future with tested confidence," Faisal said.
The Saudi prince urged South Korea to "solidify our relations in all forms to be ready" to enhance bilateral cooperation. Faisal made the remarks at the 8th Korea-Middle East Cooperation Forum.
South Korea, after winning a $20 billion contract to build four nuclear power plants in the United Arab Emirates in 2009, has been in talks with Saudi Arabia since early this year on cooperating on the peaceful use of nuclear energy. The two sides held their first government-level meeting on nuclear cooperation in September.
Faisal, a former head of Saudi intelligence and a nephew of Saudi King Abdullah, visited South Korea as relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran have sharply deteriorated over an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in the United States.
This week, U.S. officials said they had uncovered a plot to kill ambassador Adel al-Jubeir that allegedly involved Iran's security agencies. Iran has strongly denied the charges.
Faisal said Saudi Arabia is weighing options to punish Iran.
"The recent reports of Iranian intentions to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington are an assault on civilized and human behavior," the prince said. "They will not go unanswered."
"Iran must stop attempting to influence the direction that other governments take by funding non-state entities like Hamas, Hezbollah, and various militias in Iraq," Faisal said.
SEOGWIPO (Yonhap) - South Korea and Saudi Arabia are on the "right path" to forge closer cooperation, Saudi Prince Turki al-Faisal said Friday, as the two nations continue talks that could pave the way for Seoul to build atomic power plants in Riyadh.
Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest exporter of crude oil, plans to spend more than US$100 billion to build at least 16 nuclear power plants across the oil-rich nation to meet rising demand for electricity and maintain its current oil export levels, Faisal told a regional forum in Seogwipo, a city on South Korea's southern resort island of Jeju.
Seoul and Riyadh "are on the right path to strategic partnership. I hope this will be the door to enter the future with tested confidence," Faisal said.
The Saudi prince urged South Korea to "solidify our relations in all forms to be ready" to enhance bilateral cooperation. Faisal made the remarks at the 8th Korea-Middle East Cooperation Forum.
South Korea, after winning a $20 billion contract to build four nuclear power plants in the United Arab Emirates in 2009, has been in talks with Saudi Arabia since early this year on cooperating on the peaceful use of nuclear energy. The two sides held their first government-level meeting on nuclear cooperation in September.
Faisal, a former head of Saudi intelligence and a nephew of Saudi King Abdullah, visited South Korea as relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran have sharply deteriorated over an alleged Iranian plot to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in the United States.
This week, U.S. officials said they had uncovered a plot to kill ambassador Adel al-Jubeir that allegedly involved Iran's security agencies. Iran has strongly denied the charges.
Faisal said Saudi Arabia is weighing options to punish Iran.
"The recent reports of Iranian intentions to assassinate the Saudi ambassador in Washington are an assault on civilized and human behavior," the prince said. "They will not go unanswered."
"Iran must stop attempting to influence the direction that other governments take by funding non-state entities like Hamas, Hezbollah, and various militias in Iraq," Faisal said.
