Second Vice Foreign Minister Kang In-sun has promised that South Korea will continue its participation and support to help strengthen global nuclear security against nuclear terrorism and other threats, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Wednesday.

Kang made the pledge during the International Conference on Nuclear Security (ICONS) in Vienna on Tuesday (local time), announcing that South Korea will contribute US$2 million through the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to help with responses to future nuclear security threats, the ministry said.

ICONS is a high-level international gathering on nuclear security hosted by the IAEA.

Kang also said that South Korea will actively participate in efforts to boost the international nuclear security regime, including cooperation with the IAEA in terms of providing nuclear power support to Ukraine.

While visiting Austria, Kang also met with Rafael Grossi, director general of the IAEA, and discussed the ongoing monitoring of Japan’s discharge of treated radioactiv
e water from the crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant.

Kang asked for his cooperation in ensuring that South Korean experts will continue to be able to take part in the IAEA-led monitoring mechanism.

Source: Yonhap News Agency