Prince Mijren's remarks came in a forum themed "The Manama Dialogue," co-organized by the London-based international institute for strategic studies and the government of Bahrain.
He said the armament race of WMD "will give the regional countries the right to adopt policies and establish alliances with countries with nuclear technology.
MANAMA, Dec 8 (KUNA) -- Israel's nuclear arsenal is the biggest strategic threat, at the short and medium-terms, against security of the Gulf region, chief intelligence official of Saudi Arabia Prince Mijren bin Abdulaziz said here Friday.
He said Israel's possession of nuclear arsenal forced some countries in the region to enter the nuclear armament race thus increasing proliferation of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), a matter that will further complicate security matters.
Prince Mijren's remarks came in a forum themed "The Manama Dialogue," co-organized by the London-based international institute for strategic studies and the government of Bahrain.
He said the armament race of WMD "will give the regional countries the right to adopt policies and establish alliances with countries with nuclear technology.
"This will also force moderate countries in the region, who adopt a WMD-free policy, to establish clandestine or declared nuclear programs to create a military balance in the region to defend their interests and beliefs, " said Prince Mijren.
The problems and conflicts in the region are closely linked to the Palestinian cause, he said, therefore the big countries should carry out their roles in an objective and unbiased manner so that people in the region co-exist peacefully.
Peace in the Middle East should be in line with the Arab peace initiative, said the intelligence chief.
On Iraq, Prince Mijren said instability and deterioration of security conditions were a source of attraction to terrorists.
This required collaboration of all to help Iraq by not interferring in its internal affairs. "The continuous foreign presence in the region, including the occupation of Iraq, will fuel instability and will create extremist elements," he added.
"Requirements of the regional security in the Gulf should take into consideration the ethnicity structure of the communities in the Gulf in order to create a political unity and a social organization in a way guaranteeing its security and unity," said Prince Mijren.
Rising unemployment and increasing number of untrained foreign labor are posing economic, political, security and social threats to the Gulf, he added.
