ANKARA - Turkish authorities have expressed today their support to the Global Initiative on Fight Against Nuclear Terrorism as declared by the United States and Russia, and said that Turkey will attend the first meeting to be sponsored by these two countries.
According to a press release issued by the Foreign Ministry on Monday, Turkey has welcomed the initiative launched jointly by Washington and Moscow on July 15th, 2006.
The Turkish MFA indicated that nuclear terrorism is one of the most dangerous threats to international peace and security. ''Turkey supports all initiatives in the struggle against nuclear terrorism. Turkey had welcomed a UN Security Council resolution (No. 1540) that aims to prevent terrorists from utilizing weapons of mass destruction. Turkey signed last year a United Nations Treaty aiming to prevent Nuclear Terrorism,'' indicated the MFA statement.