US President Barack Obama to meet with Central and East European leaders

US President Barack Obama will meet leaders of several Central and East European states when he comes to Prague to sign a nuclear disarmament treaty with Russia next week. Among the first to confirm participation at the planned meeting are the Hungarian prime minister, Gordon Bajnai, the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, and Romania’s President Constantin Stefanoaie. According to the CTK news agency leaders from Slovakia, Slovenia, Bulgaria, Croatia and the Baltic states have also been issued invitations. The US president and his Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev are due to sign a nuclear arms reduction treaty in Prague on Thursday.