On October 16, 2018, Workshop on Combating Nuclear Terrorism and Nuclear Emergency Response at Major Public Events of Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism (GICNT) was held in Beijing. Nearly 100 representatives from 20 member states and international organizations of the Initiative such as the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Australia, Morocco, Thailand and the International Atomic Energy Agency were present.
Director-General of the Department of Arms Control of the Foreign Ministry Fu Cong attended and addressed the opening ceremony of the workshop. He stressed that China attaches great importance to nuclear security, consistently and resolutely opposes all forms of terrorism, including nuclear terrorism, supports the GICNT's work, and builds the platform for dialogue and exchanges for the member states to strengthen anti-terrorism capacity in an active manner, in a bid to jointly build a united front of international anti-terrorism. China will continuously carry out exchanges and training with the support of the Center of Excellence on Nuclear Security and Radiation Detection Training Center to make due contributions to promoting nuclear security of Asia and the Pacific and the world at large.
The GICNT was established in 2006, with China being one of the initial partners. In the coming 4 days, all representatives will exchange views centering on relevant nuclear emergency response at major public events, threat evaluation on nuclear terrorism, investigation into nuclear terrorist attack, international coordination of nuclear emergency response, and other topics as well as visit the Center of Excellence on Nuclear Security and China Institute of Atomic Energy.
