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High-level officials to meet next month for upcoming nuke summit: source
By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- High-level representatives from South Korea, the U.S. and 41 other nations will gather in the Netherlands next month to hold a preliminary meeting for the landmark Nuclear Security Summit to open in Washington in April, an informed source said Wednesday.
"The preparatory meeting will take place in the Hague on Feb. 9," the source
said, requesting anonymity. "It is largely aimed at drafting a joint statement to
be issued at the end of the Nuclear Security Summit."
The U.S. administration of President Barack Obama has said it will convene the
summit this spring to discuss ways to combat nuclear terrorism. The U.S. has not
announced an exact schedule yet but the source said it will be held from April
12-13 in Washington.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and his counterparts from 42 countries are
expected to attend the summit.
Those nations had the first preparatory meeting of high-ranking officials in
Tokyo in December and another round is likely to be held in Washington in March
to fine-tune the wording of the joint statement.
South Korea plans to dispatch Cho Hyun. deputy foreign minister for international
organizations, global issues and treaties, to the session in the Hague and the
U.S. will be represented by Gary Samore, the National Security Council
coordinator for arms control and non-proliferation, according to the source.
"The Nuclear Security Summit is designed in principle to discuss the nuclear
terror threat. So the North Korean nuclear issue is not on the list of formal
agenda items. But participants are expected to touch on the issue, as it is a
serious setback to global security," the source said.
The North Korean nuclear crisis will likely draw more attention during the
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, which is scheduled to take
place at the U.N. headquarters in New York from May 3-28. The conference is held
every five years.
North Korea announced its withdrawal from the NPT in January 2003. Regional
powers are struggling to coax the communist state to rejoin the treaty.
The Obama administration is seeking to reinforce the NPT amid criticism that its
predecessor was negligent in dealing with the system.
lcd@yna.co.kr
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SEOUL, Jan. 20 (Yonhap) -- High-level representatives from South Korea, the U.S. and 41 other nations will gather in the Netherlands next month to hold a preliminary meeting for the landmark Nuclear Security Summit to open in Washington in April, an informed source said Wednesday.
"The preparatory meeting will take place in the Hague on Feb. 9," the source
said, requesting anonymity. "It is largely aimed at drafting a joint statement to
be issued at the end of the Nuclear Security Summit."
The U.S. administration of President Barack Obama has said it will convene the
summit this spring to discuss ways to combat nuclear terrorism. The U.S. has not
announced an exact schedule yet but the source said it will be held from April
12-13 in Washington.
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and his counterparts from 42 countries are
expected to attend the summit.
Those nations had the first preparatory meeting of high-ranking officials in
Tokyo in December and another round is likely to be held in Washington in March
to fine-tune the wording of the joint statement.
South Korea plans to dispatch Cho Hyun. deputy foreign minister for international
organizations, global issues and treaties, to the session in the Hague and the
U.S. will be represented by Gary Samore, the National Security Council
coordinator for arms control and non-proliferation, according to the source.
"The Nuclear Security Summit is designed in principle to discuss the nuclear
terror threat. So the North Korean nuclear issue is not on the list of formal
agenda items. But participants are expected to touch on the issue, as it is a
serious setback to global security," the source said.
The North Korean nuclear crisis will likely draw more attention during the
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference, which is scheduled to take
place at the U.N. headquarters in New York from May 3-28. The conference is held
every five years.
North Korea announced its withdrawal from the NPT in January 2003. Regional
powers are struggling to coax the communist state to rejoin the treaty.
The Obama administration is seeking to reinforce the NPT amid criticism that its
predecessor was negligent in dealing with the system.
lcd@yna.co.kr
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