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Netherlands Joins Global Partnership against Spread of WMD

(U.S. welcomes Netherlands to Global Partnership against Spread of
Weapons, Materials of Mass Destruction) (280)
The United States welcomes the decision of the Netherlands to
participate in the G-8 Global Partnership against the Spread of
Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction, said State Department
Deputy Spokesman Philip Reeker June 11.
Following is Reeker's statement:
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
Office of the Spokesman
June 11, 2003 
Statement by Philip T. Reeker, Deputy Spokesman
THE NETHERLANDS PARTICIPATION IN THE GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP
The United States warmly welcomes the decision of the Netherlands to
participate in the G-8 Global Partnership Against the Spread of
Weapons and Materials of Mass Destruction. Foreign Minister Jaap de
Hoop Scheffer has conveyed in a letter to Deputy Secretary Armitage
that the Netherlands will join the Partnership, and we look forward to
cooperation on this initiative. The Netherlands has been strongly
interested in nonproliferation issues, and is currently involved in
cooperation in the nuclear field as well as chemical weapons
destruction.
The Global Partnership Initiative, launched by President Bush and
other G-8 leaders at the Kananaskis Summit of 2002, represents a
significant undertaking by the international community to prevent
terrorists or those that harbor them from acquiring or developing
weapons of mass destruction. The Leaders committed to raise up to $20
billion over ten years for cooperative projects in the fields of
nonproliferation, disarmament, counter-terrorism and nuclear safety,
initially focused on Russia. At the Evian Summit June 1-2, Leaders
reviewed progress during the first year of the Partnership, and
welcomed the participation of Finland, Norway, Poland, Sweden, and
Switzerland.
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(Distributed by the Bureau of International Information Programs, U.S.
Department of State. Web site: http://usinfo.state.gov)