Ammon News - AMMONNEWS - His Majesty King Abdullah II, will take part in the fourth Nuclear Security Summit, slated to be held later this week in Washington, DC.

On the sidelines of the summit, King Abdullah will meet a number of international political figures, including Japan's Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, and Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, to discuss regional and international developments.

King Abdullah had participated in the previous three Nuclear Security Summits. The first was hosted by Washington in 2010, the second by the Korean capital Seoul in 2012 and the third by the Hague in the Netherlands in 2014.

The Nuclear Security Summit is a world summit, aimed at improving nuclear security around the globe and promoting regional and international institutions to curb the spread of nuclear materials.