Saudi Arabia’s King Salman receives South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye in Riyadh yesterday.
AFP/Riyadh
South Korea and Saudi Arabia signed a memorandum on nuclear co-operation during a visit by President Park Geun-Hye that began yesterday, official media said.
The two sides reached a “memorandum of understanding in the field of nuclear co-operation programmes”, a partnership in research and skills development, the state Saudi Press Agency said.
South Korea’s Minister of Science, ICT and Future Planning, Choi Yang-hee, signed the memorandum with Saudi official Hisham bin Abdullah Yamani, SPA said.
Earlier, Jungho Lee, head of the political section at Seoul’s embassy, said there would be a “framework agreement” on technical co-operation, research and development and the exchange of personnel in the nuclear field.
He said the agreement is between King Abdullah City for Atomic and Renewable Energy (K.A.CARE) and Choi’s ministry.
Saudi Arabia is the world’s biggest petroleum exporter and entirely dependent on oil and gas for its electricity production.
The late King Abdullah established K.A.CARE in 2010 to develop alternative energy, including atomic power.
SPA said the signing took place after Park and King Salman held talks on “aspects of co-operation”.
Ministers also signed two other economic pacts, including one on sea transport, SPA said.
