Q:U.S. President Bush and Russian President Putin issued a joint statement recently putting forward a global initiative to combat nuclear terrorism. What's your comment on this?

A: To combat nuclear terrorism is one of the most serious challenges that international community faces in safeguarding international peace and security.

It's a common task for international community to combat nuclear terrorism and safeguard peace and security. We welcome any efforts which help to deepen cooperation and promote collective ability to cope with nuclear terrorist threat of the international community, and will seriously study the U.S.-Russia global initiative to combat nuclear terrorism.