Signing nuclear treaty with Russians unlikely to be only point of Obama visit

As well as signing a new arms reduction treaty with his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev, US President Barack Obama is likely also to hold bilateral talks with European leaders on a planned visit to Prague next week, the Czech News Agency reported. The American and Russian presidents are expected to sign a new version of a treaty reducing their nuclear arsenals in the city on Thursday. US State Department official Philip Crowley said he expected that both Mr Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton would also hold a series of bilateral discussions with European and central European officials in Prague, adding that a list of who would take part was currently being drawn up. President Obama returns to the Czech capital almost exactly a year after making a key speech on nuclear weapons in front of large crowds at Prague Castle.