Delegates from US, 10 foreign states attend regional conference on nuclear non-proliferation in Tbilisi
The regional conference on nuclear non-proliferation was opened in Tbilisi on July 22. Photo: Ministry of Environment press office.
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Tbilisi is hosting a regional conference on nuclear non-proliferation, attended by delegates from the US Department of Energy and International Atomic Energy Agency officials and 10 other foreign countries.
For Georgia, as a member of the International Atomic Energy Agency, it is of paramount importance to fulfill the obligations taken by international conventions. The Nuclear and Radiation Safety Agency of the Ministry of Environment Protection and Agriculture of Georgia is actively taking steps to list and control nuclear materials,” Deputy Minister of Environment of Georgia Solomon Pavliashvili said.
Delegates from 11 countries are taking part in the conference. Photo: Ministry of Environmnet of Georgia.
He thanked the International Atomic Energy Agency and the US Department of Energy for their support.
The conference is scheduled to continue until July 26.
The Georgian State Security Service has detained two individuals in the Kobuleti region of western Georgia on Tuesday for the illegal possession and sale of radioactive materials.
Margvelashvili was one of 50 world leaders who participated in the international event held every two years since 2010, with the aim of preventing nuclear terrorism around the globe.
The efforts of Georgian authorities to detect and seize radioactive materials in several cases over the past year has generated high praise from the country’s American and European partners.
Authorities in Georgia have arrested five people for attempting to sell millions of dollars’ worth of uranium, a nuclear material that’s extremely hazardous to human health and life.