Russia plans nuclear summit boycott
VIENNA - Russia has told the US that it will boycott the 2016 Nuclear Security Summit, hurting efforts initiated by President Barack Obama to reduce the worldwide threat of nuclear terrorism.
Officials had told the AP on Monday that Moscow was absent from last week's summit planning session in Washington but left unclear whether Russia planned to attend the summit.
On Tuesday, two diplomats who cited a diplomatic note from Moscow said the boycott applied to the 2016 meeting as well. One of the diplomats said the Russian note expressed opposition to the summit because of its alleged political nature, and said that any meeting on nuclear security should be on a technical level.
