World leaders gather for nuclear Summit

2010-04-11 08:14 BJT

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World leaders are gathering in Washington, for the Nuclear Security Summit.

King Abdullah of Jordan, and the Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Abdul Razak, have arrived at Andrews Air Force Base. They will join leaders from more than 40 other nations for the 2-day summit, that will start Monday. The summit will look at ways to curb the proliferation of nuclear technology and know how, particularly to terrorist organizations. Also on the agenda are plans to bring together countries with nuclear programs, to discuss ways on ensuring security is tightened at vulnerable nuclear sites worldwide.

However, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has decided to cancel his trip to the conference. Reports said Netanyahu called off his trip after the government received word that some participants at the conference would "push an anti Israel agenda."

Editor: Du Xiaodan | Source: CCTV.com