IAEA Director-General H E Rafael Grossi with Ambassador of Qatar H E Sultan bin Salmeen Al Mansouri.
Vienna: Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) H E Rafael Grossi met with Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the State of Qatar to the United Nations and international organisations in Vienna H E Sultan bin Salmeen Al Mansouri, on the occasion of the end of his tenure.
The IAEA Director-General lauded 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.
He expressed his deep appreciation for 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 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 Permanent Representative also expressed Qatar’s gratitude for the cooperation and expertise provided by the IAEA to Qatar, and looked forward to expanding and strengthening this cooperation in the future to accelerate the pace of Qatar’s development programmes and scientific development.
