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Azerbaijan confirms its participation in Seoul Nuclear Security Summit to be held on March 26-27

09 February 2012 08:59 (UTC +04:00)

The preparatory secretariat said that the invitations were sent in January to Azerbaijan, Lithuania and Denmark for participating in the event and these invitations were accepted. Consequently the number of participating countries reached 50. In addition to the 50 nations, heads of four international organizations, including U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, will participate in the Seoul summit.

Other key agenda to be discussed in Seoul will include "practical and concrete" ways to prevent the threat of nuclear terrorism and ensure the safety of atomic energy, they said.

Negotiators from the 50 nations have been in discussions to set agenda for the Seoul summit and the text of a so-called "Seoul CommuniquÃ©" that will be announced at the end of the summit.

Seoul officials said that the Netherlands has agreed to host the third Nuclear Security Summit in 2014. At the Seoul summit, South Korea will likely formally name the Netherlands as the host for the next summit