WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Russia has told the United States that it will not attend a 2016 nuclear security summit, the State Department said on Wednesday, in the latest sign of frosty ties between Washington andMoscow. The bi-annual summit, to be held in Chicago in 2016, aims to enhance nuclear security around the world and, in the past, has involved more than 50 countries including major powers such as China, France, Germanyand Britain. “Russia delivered a demarche to the United States in advance of last week’s preparatory meetings informing us that it no longer planned to participate in the 2016 Nuclear …read more
Source: Newsweek
