Security experts to meet on preventing nuclear terrorism

AFP
Security experts from around the world will meet here Monday to discuss how to boost cooperation between governments to better confront the threat of nuclear terrorism.

The International Nuclear Terrorism Law Enforcement Conference aims to provide "law enforcement and Homeland Security officials with the proper tools to prevent, detect, disrupt, and deny terrorists from seeking, acquiring, or using nuclear materials," said the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which is organizing the event.

US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is scheduled to address the meeting at 11:30 am (1530 GMT).

The meeting falls under the scope of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism announced last year by US President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin during the Group of Eight summit in St. Petersburg, Russia.