US Undersecretary of State Andrea Thompson (Photo: belfercenter.org)

The conference which discussed ways to prevent the further proliferation of nuclear weapons, convenes representatives from China, Russia, the US, the UK, and France.

US Undersecretary of State Andrea Thompson said in her opening remarks at the meeting that there have been uneven results in increasing transparency under the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov pointed to the spread of unilateral attitudes as a threat to nuclear nonproliferation.