Obama to meet European leaders

The White House has confirmed that US President, Barack Obama will meet with eleven leaders from eastern and central Europe in Prague next week.

The meetings will take place when Obama is scheduled to sign a landmark nuclear arms treaty on April 8th with his Russian counterpart, Dmitry Medvedev in the Czech capital.

The 11 countries include Bulgaria, Hungary, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Poland. The focus of the meeting will be on security issues and the future of NATO.