Monday, 25 November 2013 - 15:27
Obama, Putin, to attend nuclear security summit in The Hague
The government expects 58 world leaders, 5,000 officials and 3,000 journalists coming spring in The Hague. They will all partake in the Third Nuclear Security Summit (NSS): an international summit on combating nuclear terrorism.The NSS is the largest international conference ever held in the Netherlands. The meeting on March 24 and 25, will be held at the World Forum Convention Center in Churchill Square in The Hague, but the consequences will be felt far beyond, according to Prime Minister Rutte at a news conference. It is expected that, among others, U.S. President Barack Obama, Russian leader Vladimir Putin, and China's first man Xi Jinping will also attend.
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author: Пресс-служба Президента России
source:www.kremlin.ru The NSS was an initiative of Obama in 2009, aiming to take measures to better protect nuclear materials from terrorists within 4 years. The first NSS summit was held in Washington in 2010, followed by Seoul last year. Obama labeled nuclear terrorism as one of the greatest threats to international security. He was not referring to an attack on a nuclear power plant, but to the possibility of a terrorist producing a so called 'dirty bomb': a conventional bomb embedded in nuclear material. An explosion of a bomb like that would cause a massive disruption of society. As chairman of the conference next spring, Rutte wants to propose reducing the use of highly enriched uranium and a better exchange of information. The arrival of Obama could not be confirmed. The countries themselves announce whether their president or prime minister will attend. The great importance of the convention is demonstrated by the fact that Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Mayor Jozias van Aartsen were present at the press conference in The Hague Monday. The conference participants will arrive in The Hague on Sunday, March 23, and Monday morning, March 24. They will be welcomed by Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the conference chairman. The summit exists of a number of meetings and some individual meetings between participants. At the end of the first day, participants will dine with King Willem-Alexander dine at Huis ten Bosch. The next day, the summit will be wrapped up. Rutte hopes the participants will agree on a final declaration, which will be known as the "The Hague Communique". Diplomatic negotiations on the declaration are already in full swing, and they are going well, according to Minister Timmermans. With The Hague being an international city of peace and justice with enormous expertise in the field of international relations and international law, the city is a logical place for organizing such a conference in the Netherlands, according to Mayor Van Aartsen.
author: Пресс-служба Президента России
source:www.kremlin.ru The NSS was an initiative of Obama in 2009, aiming to take measures to better protect nuclear materials from terrorists within 4 years. The first NSS summit was held in Washington in 2010, followed by Seoul last year. Obama labeled nuclear terrorism as one of the greatest threats to international security. He was not referring to an attack on a nuclear power plant, but to the possibility of a terrorist producing a so called 'dirty bomb': a conventional bomb embedded in nuclear material. An explosion of a bomb like that would cause a massive disruption of society. As chairman of the conference next spring, Rutte wants to propose reducing the use of highly enriched uranium and a better exchange of information. The arrival of Obama could not be confirmed. The countries themselves announce whether their president or prime minister will attend. The great importance of the convention is demonstrated by the fact that Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Mayor Jozias van Aartsen were present at the press conference in The Hague Monday. The conference participants will arrive in The Hague on Sunday, March 23, and Monday morning, March 24. They will be welcomed by Prime Minister Mark Rutte, the conference chairman. The summit exists of a number of meetings and some individual meetings between participants. At the end of the first day, participants will dine with King Willem-Alexander dine at Huis ten Bosch. The next day, the summit will be wrapped up. Rutte hopes the participants will agree on a final declaration, which will be known as the "The Hague Communique". Diplomatic negotiations on the declaration are already in full swing, and they are going well, according to Minister Timmermans. With The Hague being an international city of peace and justice with enormous expertise in the field of international relations and international law, the city is a logical place for organizing such a conference in the Netherlands, according to Mayor Van Aartsen.
