Obama, World Leaders Meet to Discuss Russia

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Image: U.S. President Obama participates in a G7 leaders meeting during the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague

U.S. President Barack Obama, center, participates in a G7 leaders meeting during the Nuclear Security Summit in The Hague, March 24. At the table are (Left to right, clockwise) the President of the European Council Herman Van Rompuy, French President Francois Hollande, British Prime Minister David Cameron, Obama, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and President of the European Commission Jose Manuel Barroso.Jerry Lampen / Pool via Reuters

March 24, 2014, 4:59 PM EDT

President Barack Obama met with allies in the Netherlands on Monday to discuss a response to Russia's annexation of Crimea.

The most industrialized nations in the world – known as the Group of 7 –were gathered for a nuclear summit, but took a break from those discussions to develop a response to Russia’s incursion into Ukraine. The group announced they would no longer participate in the planned G8 summit in Russia in June. Instead the nations declared they would meet in Brussels without Russia.

Monday’s meeting took place in the The Hague, Netherlands while the leaders were gathered for the Nuclear Security Summit.

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