DutchNews.nl,
Tuesday 25 March 2014
The official group portrait. Photo: NSS2014 |
The nuclear
security summit in The Hague drew to a close on Tuesday afternoon with the
publication of the final communiqué.
The communiqué states that the 58 world leaders who took part made concrete
agreements to stop terrorists getting their hands on nuclear material which
further reduces the threat of a nuclear attack.
Among the
new agreements are measures to reduce the amount of dangerous nuclear material
in the world, to improve the security of radioactive material which can be used
to make a 'dirty' bomb and to improve the international exchange of information
and international cooperation.
The outcome
of this nuclear security summit is 'a major step towards a safer world', the
communiqué says.
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Not all the
delegates stayed until the end. By early afternoon, several world leaders were
heading home, including German chancellor Angel Merkel, French president
François Hollande and Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi.
They did,
however, attend the informal lunch catered by Jonnie and Thérèse Boer, owners
of the three-star De Librije restaurant. The meal included a starter of cod
from the North Sea with Dutch asparagus and a main dish of Dutch lamb with
organic vegetables.
Prior to
the lunch, the leaders also gathered for a group photo with host and Dutch
prime minister Mark Rutte and US president Barack Obama front and centre.
Agreements
One
agreement made earlier in the day by 32 of the participating countries was to
allow experts from other countries to inspect their storage of nuclear waste.
Among them
are the US and most of the EU countries. Russia and China are among those who
refused to take part.
Also
earlier in the day, Dutch foreign minister Frans Timmermans said that countries
should do more to make the world nuclear weapons free. Timmermans said that the
security of nuclear waste cannot be seen as separate from stock piles of
nuclear weapons.
Obama
remains in the Netherlands until later in the day. He has a series of meetings
in The Hague before flying out to Belgium where he will visit various EU
organisations on Wednesday.
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