Full coverage: Xi Visits Czech Republic, Attends Nuclear Security Summit

Leaders from more than 50 countries will gather in Washington D.C. Thursday and Friday for the Nuclear Security Summit.

U.S. President Barack Obama plays host for the event, which will discuss plans with global leaders to promote nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. Obama will meet leaders of Japan, South Korea and China. Their agenda includes the threat posed by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and its nuclear program.

Obama will also sit for talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping on security, climate and economic issues.

A major focal point of the summit will be how to stop nuclear terrorism, as the session comes at a time of global unease after terror attacks in Belgium. Laura Holgate, Senior Director of WMD Terrorism and Threat Reduction at the National Security Council, has credited China for its nuclear cooperation with the international community.

“The international community has made harder than ever for terrorists to acquire nuclear weapons. And that has made our world more secure. This is not the beginning, this is something that we have been working for some time,” Holgate said.

“One of the things that we are very pleased about is the role China showing in terms of cooperating with other countries internationally on the nuclear security issue. And we hope to share that partnership and to see China’s leadership in that and increase even further.”