Medvedev arrives in Seoul for Nuclear Security Summit
SEOUL. March 26. KAZINFORM Russian President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Seoul on Monday to participate in the second Nuclear Security Summit, which will be held on March 26-27.
The summiteers "will discuss physical and technical nuclear security, and the protection of nuclear facilities and radioactive materials, rather than the nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea," Russian Presidential Aide Sergei Prikhodko told Itar-Tass on Sunday.
Prikhodko noted that the leaders of 53 countries (for instance, the presidents of Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Finland, Ukraine, Georgia, Kazakhstan, China, and the prime ministers of Canada, France, Japan, Poland and Spain) and four international organizations will participate in the summit, Itar-Tass reports.
During a two-day summit Medvedev will have at least three bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the summit, Prikhodko said. He noted that Medvedev will have negotiations with US President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak already on Monday. On March 27, Medvedev is to meet with King of Jordan Abdullah II. Prikhodko added that the Russian president is planning to give a press conference on the results of the summit and bilateral meetings.
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