Signature policy initiative for the president is set to descend short of its goals as the state with the biggest nuclear arsenal stays absent from the Washington meetingWhen Barack Obama welcomes more than 50 world leaders to Washington on Thursday ahead of his fourth and final nuclear security summit,one of the most important chairs will be empty.
Russia is thought to possess more nuclear weapons than any other country, including the US. Together the cold war foes share more than 90% of the world’s arsenal. So President Vladimir Putins decision to boycott the high-level talks threatens to turn them into an elaborate anticlimax, or even as fears of nuclear terrorism are on the up.
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Source: theguardian.com