US may scrap Russia nuclear cooperation next week: official

AFP
Saturday, Sept 6, 2008

The United States will likely scrap a US-Russia civilian nuclear cooperation pact next week in response to Moscow’s actions in Georgia, a US official said Friday.

“It’s probably going to happen next week,” the State Department official told reporters when asked about the issue.

“The president (George W. Bush) has to withdraw the document from Congress. So he needs to take that step, and that’s what will happen.”

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The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, did not explicitly say whether the decision had already been taken to withdraw the pact.

The White House said August 28 that it was considering dropping the agreement.

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