President Obama Announces Presidential Delegation to the Kingdom of Tonga to Attend the State Funeral of His Majesty King George Topou V
President Barack Obama today announced the designation of a Presidential Delegation to the Kingdom of Tonga to attend the State Funeral of His Majesty King George Topou V on March…
Statement by the President on Senegal’s Elections
I congratulate Macky Sall on his victory in Senegal’s presidential elections. Domestic and international observers report that the election was carried out transparently, freely, and reflects the will of the…
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals to key Administration posts: Brett H. McGurk – Ambassador to the Republic of Iraq, Department…
Joint Statement on Quadrilateral Cooperation on High-density Low-enriched Uranium Fuel Production
We, the leaders of Belgium, France, the United States and the Republic of Korea gathered in Seoul on the occasion of the Second Nuclear Security Summit recognize that the ultimate…
Fact Sheet: Plutonium Removal from Sweden
Sweden has been a global leader on nonproliferation, and was one of the first countries to return highly enriched uranium based spent fuel under the U.S. Foreign Research Reactor Spent…
Joint Statement of the Presidents of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and the United States of America Regarding the Trilateral Cooperation at the Former Semipalatinsk Test Site
The Presidents of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Russian Federation and the United States of America have committed to combat the threat of nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism. Since 2004…
Fact Sheet: History of Trilateral Threat Reduction Cooperation at the Former Semipalatinsk Test Site
From 1949 through 1989, the Soviet Union conducted hundreds of underground nuclear tests and experiments at the former Semipalatinsk Test Site (STS). Located in remote eastern Kazakhstan, the STS occupies…
Remarks by President Obama at Hankuk University
Seoul, Republic of Korea 10:32 A.M. KST PRESIDENT OBAMA: Thank you. (Applause.) Thank you so much. Thank you. (Applause.) Please, thank you very much. To President Park, faculty, staff and…
Remarks by President Obama and President Medvedev of Russia After Bilateral Meeting
Millennium Seoul Hilton Hotel Seoul, Republic of Korea 1:01 P.M. KST PRESIDENT MEDVEDEV: (As interpreted.) So I would like to start by saying, once again, that together with my friend…
Remarks by President Obama and President Hu Jintao of the People’s Republic of China Before Bilateral Meeting
Coex Center Seoul, Republic of Korea 3:31 P.M. KST PRESIDENT HU: (As interpreted.) A month ago, Vice President Xi Jinping made a successful visit to the United States. I asked…