The United States and Britain took part for the first time Monday in an international conference on nuclear weapons’ humanitarian impact and were expected to face pressure to do more to eliminate their atomic arsenals.
The three other officially recognized nuclear weapon states – Russia, France and China – shunned the two-day meeting, which concludes Tuesday. Many of the 157 participating states are critical of what they see as slow headway on nuclear disarmament.
The conference, the third in a series since 2013, comes amid talk of a new Cold War between the West and Russia over the Ukraine crisis, during which …read more
Source: Voice of America
