Summit: More work needed on nuclear threat

  • 02/04/2016
President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe listen to remarks by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the opening of the first plenary session (Reuters)
President Obama and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe listen to remarks by Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte at the opening of the first plenary session (Reuters)

Dozens of world leaders at a nuclear summit hosted by US President Barack Obama have re-affirmed their commitment to fight proliferation of nuclear weapons and materials, a communique issued by the leaders says.

More needs to be done to prevent non-state actors from obtaining nuclear and other radioactive materials, the communique says.

"The threat of nuclear and radiological terrorism remains one of the greatest challenges to international security, and the threat is constantly evolving," it said.

The summit occurred amid fears that Islamic State militants are trying to gather nuclear materials to create a dirty bomb.

Reuters