Nuclear Security Summit Begins in Washington: Serzh Sargsyan will Participate

The 2016 Nuclear Security Summit kicks off in Washington. It will last for three days, during which a number of heads of states, ministers responsible for nuclear matters and directors of large nuclear companies will deliver speeches. The summit will end on April 1 with an exhibition on nuclear industry. The summit will be chaired by the director of the Nuclear Energy Institute Martin Fertel, and the keynote speaker will be the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Yukiya Amano.

The 3 main directions of this year’s summit are the security of installation, transportation and use of strategic nuclear and radiological materials, responses to cyber threats and the role of the global nuclear industry. The summit is organized by the Institute of Nuclear Energy.

Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan is in Washington to attend the Nuclear Security Summit. The President of Armenia participated in all three previous summits, in 2010 in Washington, in 2012 Seoul and in 2014 in The Hague.