Nuclear negotiations

Published March 25, 2014
U.S. President Barack Obama (Left), and Pakistan's Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, (Right) attend the opening session of the Nuclear Summit in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Monday, March 24. – Photo by AP
U.S. President Barack Obama (Left), and Pakistan's Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, (Right) attend the opening session of the Nuclear Summit in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Monday, March 24. – Photo by AP
(Left to Right) US President Barack Obama, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend the opening session of the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague on March 24. – Photo by AFP
(Left to Right) US President Barack Obama, Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and German Chancellor Angela Merkel attend the opening session of the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague on March 24. – Photo by AFP
U.S. President Barack Obama (Left) and Pakistan's Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, (Right), look at a gift, as they attend the opening session of the Nuclear Summit in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Monday, March 24. – Photo by AP
U.S. President Barack Obama (Left) and Pakistan's Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif, (Right), look at a gift, as they attend the opening session of the Nuclear Summit in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Monday, March 24. – Photo by AP
Pakistan's Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif (Right) shakes hands with U.S. President Barak Obama (Left) during the opening session of the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague March 24. – Photo by Reuters
Pakistan's Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif (Right) shakes hands with U.S. President Barak Obama (Left) during the opening session of the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague March 24. – Photo by Reuters
French President Francois Hollande (Second left) and Pakistan's Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif (Right) engage in a bilateral meeting at the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Monday, March 24. – Photo by AP
French President Francois Hollande (Second left) and Pakistan's Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif (Right) engage in a bilateral meeting at the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague, the Netherlands, on Monday, March 24. – Photo by AP
Dutch Queen Maxima (Left) and King Willem Alexander (Center) greet Pakistan's Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif at royal palace Huis ten Bosch in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday March 24, prior to a dinner at the occasion of the two-day Nuclear Security Summit. – Photo by AP
Dutch Queen Maxima (Left) and King Willem Alexander (Center) greet Pakistan's Prime Minister Mohammad Nawaz Sharif at royal palace Huis ten Bosch in The Hague, Netherlands, Monday March 24, prior to a dinner at the occasion of the two-day Nuclear Security Summit. – Photo by AP
Dutch King Willem-Alexander and his wife Queen Maxima greet US President Barack Obama at the Royal Palace Huis ten Bosch in The Hague on March 24, on the first day of the two-day Nuclear Security Summit. – Photo by AFP
Dutch King Willem-Alexander and his wife Queen Maxima greet US President Barack Obama at the Royal Palace Huis ten Bosch in The Hague on March 24, on the first day of the two-day Nuclear Security Summit. – Photo by AFP
US President Barack Obama chats with Dutch Queen Maxima during an official dinner at the Royal Palace Huis ten Bosch in The Hague on March 24, on the first day of the Nuclear Security Summit. – Photo by AFP
US President Barack Obama chats with Dutch Queen Maxima during an official dinner at the Royal Palace Huis ten Bosch in The Hague on March 24, on the first day of the Nuclear Security Summit. – Photo by AFP
Queen Maxima of the Netherlands (Center foreground) points to paintings on the ceiling of the palace while King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands (background, Right) speaks at the official dinner for members of the Nuclear Security Summit at the Royal Palace Huis ten Bosch in the Hague March 24. – Photo by Reuters
Queen Maxima of the Netherlands (Center foreground) points to paintings on the ceiling of the palace while King Willem Alexander of the Netherlands (background, Right) speaks at the official dinner for members of the Nuclear Security Summit at the Royal Palace Huis ten Bosch in the Hague March 24. – Photo by Reuters

President Barack Obama gathered with world leaders in a day of delicate diplomacy, as he sought to rally the international community on Monday around efforts to isolate Russia following its incursion into Ukraine. Nuclear terrorism was the official topic as Obama and other world leaders streamed in to a convention center in The Hague for a two-day nuclear summit. But the real focus was on a hurriedly scheduled meeting of the Group of Seven industrialized economies to address the crisis in Ukraine on the sidelines of the nuclear summit.

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