Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa said Arab countries decided at a meeting on Wednesday to seek nuclear energy. The decision was made at a time of sensitivity about nuclear issues in the region, as the United States accuses Iran of having a secret program to develop atomic weapons while Arab states say Israel already poses such a threat.

"The Arab states, as members of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, have decided to use the right granted them, and for which they entered the agreement, to use nuclear energy peacefully," said Moussa. (Reuters)