Russia has confirmed it will not attend the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, a gathering championed by President Barack Obama, accusing Washington of seeking to play first fiddle on matters of nuclear safety.
In another sign of the growing chill between the former Cold War rivals, Moscow claimed the organisers wanted to accord special rights to the United States along with South Korea and the Netherlands, which hosted previous summits, while discriminating other participants.
“We shared with our American colleagues our doubts regarding the added value of a forum that is planned to be held in the United States in 2016,” the Russian …read more
Source: Herald LIVE
