US Nuclear Nonproliferation Envoy to Travel to Ukraine - State Department

According to the US Department of State, the Special Representative of the US President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, Ambassador Adam Scheinman will soon visit Ukraine.

WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The Special Representative of the US President for Nuclear Nonproliferation, Ambassador Adam Scheinman, will visit Ukraine in the next several days, the US Department of State announced in a statement.

“Scheinman will travel to Germany, Ukraine, France and Croatia from March 11-17, 2015, for consultations in preparation for the 2015 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference,” the statement, issued on Tuesday, said.

Scheinman will deliver remarks at a conference on the Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction Free Zone and the NPT in Germany, and will offer remarks in France at an event regarding the 2015 NPT Review Conference, according to the US State Department.

The 2015 NPT Review Conference will be held at the United Nations headquarters from April 27 to May 22 in New York.

The NPT Review is the ninth such conference since 1975, and is held once in five years to review how the nonproliferation regime is maintained.

The NPT was opened for signature in 1968 and was extended indefinitely in 1995. It is aimed to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and to promote cooperation on the peaceful use of atomic energy.