ARMENIA JOINED GLOBAL INITIATIVE ON STRUGGLE AGAINST NUCLEAR TERRORISM
PanARMENIAN.Net
17.04.2007 13:49 GMT+04:00
/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Armenia officially informed Russia and the United
States as Co-Chairs of the Global Initiative on the struggle against
attacks with nuclear terrorism about her approval of the Statement
on the principals of this Initiative. The Global Initiative was
announced by Russian and U.S. Presidents during the G8 Summit in
Saint Petersburg.
>>From that time on two meeting have been organized with the
participation of initial member countries of the Initiative and the G8
states – Australia, Turkey, China, Kazakhstan and Morocco. At the first
meeting in Rabat in October 2006 founding documents of the Initiative
were approved by participants – Statement on Principals and Regulations
on Realization and Assessment. At the second meeting in February in
Ankara the working schedule for 2007-2008 was coordinated. After
the meeting in Ankara Georgia, Ukraine, Palau, Israel, Macedonia,
Cambodia and Romania have already joined the Initiative.
"Russian MFA welcomes RA’s decision on joining the Global Initiative
and expects Armenia will make a significant contribution to the
realization of the initiative. Russia also hopes other states in the
world, which share Initiative’s common goals and actively adhere to
the struggle against nuclear terrorism, will also join the Initiative,"
says the statement of the RF MFA Press Office.