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Brasilia – Along with 43 other world leaders and representatives from four multilateral organizations, president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will be at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington today and tomorrow.
A note from the Foreign Ministry (Itamaraty) says that the Brazilian government considers nuclear security “… a fundamental part of efforts to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy.”
The note also points out that Brazil has solid legislation on nuclear security, which deals with the problem of terrorism and that Brazil is a signatory nation to the main international treaties on nuclear development.

Allen Bennett - translator/editor The News in English