Ahead of the summit, fewer than half of the countries participating had agreed to secure their sources of radioactive substances, which are widely present in hospital, industrial and academic settings.
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While not specifying which countries at the summit expressed concerns about Trump, Obama said that even nations who are used to “a carnival atmosphere” in their own politics “want sobriety and clarity when it comes to US elections”.
The conference was chaired by United States President Barack Obama, who has initiated efforts to ensure nuclear safety. Some states and particularly North Korea are aggressively pursuing the building of a nuclear arsenal.
Sources have told NDTV that the hypothetical case of terrorist theft was discussed by world leaders at the Nuclear Security Summit in the afternoon session.
Obama said the three leaders directed their teams to work diligently to come up with additional steps they can take collectively to ensure a denuclearised Korean Peninsula and to restore a sense of stability and peace to the region.
As ISIL is squeezed in Syria and Iraq, it’s lashing out elsewhere, as we’ve seen most recently- and tragically-from Turkey to Brussels. It would change our world. And if they ever got hold of a nuclear weapon or nuclear material, we have no doubt they’d use it. “It is necessary to assess the global nuclear terrorism situation on a regular basis”, he said.
Stressing for worldwide cooperation for countering nuclear and radiological terrorism, the communique said it included sharing of information in accordance with States’ national laws and procedures. And with summits like this, we’ve made important progress.
Japanese media have already reported that 331 kilograms (730 pounds) of plutonium is now being shipped to the Savannah River Site, a government facility in SC.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said this was among the agreement made by the 53 countries attending the fourth Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) that concluded on Friday.
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Polls in Iran, although limited, show that skepticism about economic improvement remains, the Times of Israel noted, as many sanctions are still in place and are unlikely to be removed unless certain Iranian policies are altered. He says he hopes successful diplomacy like the Iran deal can be copied in the future.
