The participants of the Nuclear Security Summit, which ended yesterday, issued a statement saying that the main role in coordinating international efforts in nuclear safety issues belongs to the IAEA. The document also notes that the summit in Washington was the last in this format.
"The summit of 2016 marks the end of the process of summits on nuclear security in this format," the joint communiqué of the participants states.
"We stress that the key responsibility and central role in strengthening the architecture of international nuclear security, the development of international recommendations and the leading role in implementation and coordination of actions in the field of nuclear security by the organizations and countries belongs to the IAEA," RIA Novosti cites the text of the document.
