Nuclear Security Summit Opens In Washington

NUCLEAR SECURITY SUMMIT OPENS IN WASHINGTON

PanARMENIAN.Net
April 12, 2010 – 11:46 AMT 06:46 GMT

U.S. President Barack Obama will open Monday an unprecedented Nuclear
Security Summit of 47 nations to focus on global action to secure
nuclear materials and keep them out of the hands of terrorists.

The White House says the final communique to be issued on Tuesday
will formally recognize the serious threat posed by nuclear terrorism,
endorse efforts to secure all vulnerable nuclear materials over a four
year period and speak about what countries will do on the national
and international level.

Iran and North Korea were not invited whereas British Prime Minister
Gordon Brown will not be attending because of election campaign.