International nuclear experts call on US and Russia to form a coalition to tackle threat of nuclear terrorism

December 9 2015, Moscow:The International Luxembourg Forum (Luxembourg Forum) today announced key points of the joint declaration aimed at averting the threat of nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism.

The declaration, following a conference held last week in Washington D.C., calls as a matter of the highest priority for there to be an urgent and immediate requirement to rebuild U.S.-Russian relations.

The Luxembourg Forum urge leaders of Russia and the USA, hopefully joined by their principal allies, to do the following:

Dr. Kantor, President of the Luxembourg Forum, said:

“Today we find ourselves in a race between cooperation and catastrophe. Consequently, leaders of Russia and the USA must begin this work immediately. Because of growing tensions across the globe, renewed and enhanced dialogue is essential. No security architecture, no set of rules, no efforts to negotiate or implement agreements can succeed without leaders who are committed to addressing core issues and who are willing to cooperate. It is their obligation as leaders to work together to build a safer world for all our citizens”.

Signatories to the joint Luxembourg Forum / NTI declaration include Senator Sam Nunn (Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nuclear Threat Initiative), General Vladimir Dvorkin (Chairman of the Organizing Committee, International Luxembourg Forum), Dr Moshe Kantor (President of the International Luxembourg Forum on Preventing Nuclear Catastrophe), Hans Blix (former Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency), William Perry (former Secretary of the U.S. Department of Defence), Des Browne (former UK Secretary of State for Defence) and Alexei Arbatov (former Deputy Chairman of the Defence Committee of the State Duma, Federal Assembly – Russian Parliament).