Saudi Arabia is considering building nuclear energy plants to diversify away from oil, CNBC quoted Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al-Jubeir in an interview on February 18 at the Munich Security Conference.

“We are looking at a number of countries that have nuclear technology for peaceful purposes,” Al-Jubeir said, calling on the US to give Riyadh the same rights as other nuclear nations in its push to process nuclear fuel indigenously. “There are roughly 10 countries that we are talking to...we...