British PM David Cameron rules out G8 summit in Russia

British Prime Minister David Cameron arrives at Schiphol airport in Amsterdam on Monday March 24, 2014 ahead of the March 24-25 Nuclear Security Summit (NSS) in The Hague. (AP Photo)

The G8 group of industrialised nations will not meet in Russia this year, British Prime Minister David Cameron said on Monday, as Western leaders prepare to discuss their response to Russia’s annexation of Crimea.

“We should be clear there’s not going to be a G8 summit this year in Russia. That’s absolutely clear,” Cameron told reporters on a visit to a nuclear security summit in The Hague.