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Nuclear Summit participants issue communique

02 April 2016 00:30 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Dozens of world leaders at a nuclear summit hosted by U.S. President Barack Obama reaffirmed their commitment to fight proliferation of nuclear weapons and materials, a communique issued Friday by the leaders said, APA reports quoting Reuters.

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

"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.