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US, Russia nuclear arms talks end with plans for second round

US, Russia nuclear arms talks end with plans for second round, Aljazeera, 26 June 20,

US says any new agreement on curbing nuclear weapons should include China, a condition Russia calls ‘unrealistic’.  US and Russian negotiators have concluded a round of nuclear arms control talks in Austria’s capital, Vienna, aimed at producing a new agreement to replace the New START treaty that expires next year.

US negotiator Marshall Billingslea told reporters on Tuesday that the day of high-level “marathon discussions” ended late on Monday.

Billingslea said the talks had been productive enough to establish several technical working groups to delve deeper into the issues in order to pave the way for a second round of talks by late July or early August…… https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/06/coronavirus-deaths-children-extremely-rare-live-updates-200626000914304.html

June 27, 2020 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | politics international, Russia, USA