Statement by European Statesmen Released to Coincide with Nuclear Summit

Top Level Group of UK Parliamentarians for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Non_Proliferation

April 13 2010 - Today, 40 senior politicians, military figures and diplomats have jointly signed an unprecedented European statement highlighting the world’s growing nuclear dangers and calling for greater international efforts to address them.

Please click here to read the full statement from 40 senior European statesmen and women. The release of the statement coincides with the Nuclear Security Summit taking place on today in Washington DC.

Representing a range of political persuasions, this is a non-partisan scaling up of the European political presence in the international nuclear debate. It also signals the formation of a new European Leadership Network for Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation, designed to allow ongoing and coordinated European interventions on crucial nuclear issues. More >>>

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Officials said that 60 countries had been invited to attend the meeting, which will run from April 17-18.
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