Cambodia, 3 other nations join global efforts to combat nuke terrorism

The Associated Press
Thursday May 3rd, 2007

WASHINGTON, May 3 (Kyodo), Cambodia has joined the U.S.-Russia-led Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism along with Armenia, Macedonia and Romania, the State Department said Thursday.

The four nations' participation has brought the membership of the initiative launched last July to 24 countries together with an observer, the International Atomic Energy Agency. Other partner nations include Australia, Britain, France, Germany and Japan.

Partner countries will meet in Kazakhstan in June to review the progress of Global Initiative activities, to address gaps in implementation, and to welcome Cambodia and other new partner nations, the department said.

The initiative calls for collaboration in efforts at, among other things, improving control of nuclear materials, and detecting and cracking down on illicit trafficking of such materials.