Nuclear Security Summit: India to stress on steps to fight nuclear terrorism

NEW DELHI: Amid the rise of IS and presence of terror groups in Af-Pak region, India will lay emphasis on creating an effective mechanism to address the threat of nuclear terrorism at the fourth and last Nuclear Security Summit in Washington on Thursday and Friday.

New Delhi hopes that the participants will uphold confidence in the safe and secure expansion of nuclear power.

“The Summit would deliberate on the crucial issue of threat to nuclear security caused by nuclear terrorism,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, before arriving in Washington from Brussels on early Thursday.

“Leaders would discuss ways and measures to strengthen the global nuclear security architecture, especially to ensure that non-state actors do not get access to nuclear material,” he said.

The Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) process since 2010 has been focusing on the global threat posed by nuclear terrorism and urgent measures required to prevent terrorists and other nonstate actors from gaining access to sensitive nuclear materials and technologies.

The 2016 Summit is expected to take stock of the progress of the previous NSS Communique and work plan and outline the future agenda through an action plan that involves IAEA, Interpol and the UN.