AMSTERDAM: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif arrived here on Sunday to attend a two-day Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague.

The summit, starting on March 24, will be attended by leaders from 53 countries, United Nations, European Union, International Atomic Energy Agency and Interpol.

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is accompanied by Special Assistant Syed Tariq Fatemi, and Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry.

The first Nuclear Security Summit was held in Washington in 2010 and the second in Seoul in 2012.

The summit is aimed at promoting nuclear security through voluntary national actions and international cooperation.

The prime minister will address the gathering of world leaders on March 24. He will be one of the keynote speakers at a meeting on the future of the NSS process on March 25.—APP

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