Russia Withdraws from Participation in Nuclear Summit

Lesson Brief BBC Russian
Russia announced its plan to not participate in a nuclear summit scheduled to take place in Chicago in 2016. Russia announced that it did not see the value in holding such a summit and that participating countries whose views differed from that of the host would not be heard. Washington announced that the door will remain open for Russia to participate in the summit if it so chooses. International summits on nuclear security have been taking place regularly since 2010. 

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