PGMA off to Washington D.C. to attend Nuclear Security Summit
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal Arroyo left Monday for Washington D.C. to join 43 other world leaders attending the Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) hosted by the United States government.
Under the invitation of U.S. President Barack Obama, President Arroyo and the 43 other Heads of State will sit down for the two-day summit to discuss the threat posed by illegal diversion of nuclear materials and to develop steps to secure vulnerable nuclear materials; combat nuclear smuggling; and deter, detect and disrupt attempts at nuclear terrorism.
The Department of Foreign Affairs said the group will also focus on “promoting nuclear security at the national, regional and global levels.”
The Philippines is a staunch supporter of global efforts to prevent nuclear terrorism with millions of Filipinos living and working in many parts of the world.
The NSS comes ahead of the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference which the Philippines will preside at the United Nations headquarters in New York in May. (PIA-Bohol)
