Qatar has joined the Nuclear Security Contact Group (NSCG). 
The Permanent Mission of Qatar to the International Organisations in Vienna has sent a note to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) stating that Qatar has joined the NSCG and its commitment to the objectives set forth in the Statement of Principles of the Group as contained in document INCIRC/899, and requested that it be published as an official document and circulated to member-states.
The Nuclear Security Contact Group (NSCG) was established at the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit in Washington through the joint statement on Sustaining Action to Strengthen Global Nuclear Security. 
The co-sponsors of the joint statement agreed to help address continuing and evolving nuclear security challenges, with the objectives of advancing implementation of nuclear security commitments and building a strengthened global nuclear security architecture.