This is the third highest-level global forum on nuclear security issues held at the initiative of U.S. President Barack Obama. The objective of the summit is to strengthen nuclear security and safety, increase transparency and trust between the countries that are developing nuclear facilities projects and those influenced by such projects.
The first nuclear security summit took place in 2010 in Washington, and the second after two years in Seoul. Lithuania's President participated in the latter.
President Grybauskaitė will deliver a speech at a plenary session of The Hague Summit, participate in a discussion how to ensure nuclear safety and nuclear security in the future, and will attend a dinner for the heads of state hosted by King Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands. Bilateral talks with the heads of foreign delegations are also planned.
According to the President, nuclear safety has no borders and is therefore an obligation and responsibility of the entire international community. She noted that it is very important for Lithuania that nuclear power plants that are planned or under construction in close proximity to our borders meet the highest nuclear safety requirements and that Russia and Belarus in implementing these projects fully and transparently comply with all international agreements, including the Espoo Convention.
Taking part in the Hague Summit will also be King Abdullah II of Jordan, U.S. President Barack Obama, President François Hollande of France, President Xi Jinping of China, President Abdullah Gül of Turkey, Prime Minister Mark Rutte of the Netherlands, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Prime Minister David Cameron of the United Kingdom, Swedish and Danish prime ministers, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, EU leaders José Manuel Barroso and Herman Van Rompuy, IAEA Director General Yukiya Amano, Secretary-General of the International Criminal Police Organization Ronald K.Noble, and representatives of delegations from 53 countries.
