U.S., Indonesia Sign Nuclear Safeguards Agreement

The United States and Indonesia reached a bilateral agreement Monday on nuclear safeguards and security, the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration announced (see GSN, May 5).

NNSA deputy chief Paul Longsworth and Azhar Djaloeis, chairman of the Indonesian Nuclear Regulatory Agency, signed the agreement at the 2004 Asia-Pacific Nuclear Safeguards and Security Conference in Sydney. The agreement would help increase U.S.-Indonesian cooperation in several areas of nuclear nonproliferation, such as assessments of potential threats to nuclear facilities and security upgrades needed to counter those threats.

“This is an important step in nonproliferation efforts worldwide,” said Longsworth. “It is essential that we have international cooperation to prevent nuclear materials from getting in the wrong hands, and I look forward to continuing an already positive relationship with Indonesia” (U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration release/Yahoo!News, Nov. 9).

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