U.S.-Nigeria Nuclear Safety, Security, and Nonproliferation Consultations
Media Note
Office of the Spokesman
Washington, DC
May 27, 2010
U.S. and
Nigerian officials recently discussed a range of nuclear safety,
security, and nonproliferation issues and explored possible areas of
cooperation during a May 25 meeting in New York City on the margins of
the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference. State
Department Coordinator for Threat Reduction Programs, Ambassador Bonnie
Jenkins, led the U.S. interagency delegation for the consultations.
This meeting followed President Obama’s April 11 meeting with
then-Acting Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, in which the two
leaders agreed to continue to work together on matters of advancing
global security, particularly nuclear security and international
compliance to the NPT, and Under Secretary for Political Affairs William
Burns’ April 24 visit to Nigeria. These discussions mark another step
in U.S.-Nigerian bilateral efforts to work more closely together on
commonly held international security objectives.
PRN: 2010/687
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