Arms control talks with US to begin by mid-July: Russian FM Lavrov
"We are planning in the coming days - I hope by mid-July - a meeting of delegations to look at tasks in the field of strategic security," Lavrov said in a statement on Wednesday.
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- Published Date: 08:13 | 30 June 2021
- Modified Date: 01:08 | 01 July 2021
New arms control talks between the United States and Russia are to begin within days, according to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
"We are planning in the coming days - I hope by mid-July - a meeting of delegations to look at tasks in the field of strategic security," Lavrov said Wednesday, the Interfax news agency reported.
Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin had agreed to such talks two weeks ago at their summit in Geneva.
The US had previously walked away from several agreements because Russia was said to have failed to abide by the rules. Moscow rejected this and repeatedly warned that an exit from the agreements could lead to a new arms race.
In early June, Putin sealed his country's withdrawal from the treaty on international military observation flights.
This left only one important arms control agreement between the United States and Russia: the New START nuclear disarmament treaty.
Shortly before its expiration in February, Biden and Putin had agreed on an extension.
The New START treaty limits the nuclear arsenals of both countries to 800 delivery systems and 1550 operational nuclear warheads each.
"We are planning in the coming days - I hope by mid-July - a meeting of delegations to look at tasks in the field of strategic security," Lavrov said Wednesday, the Interfax news agency reported.
Presidents Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin had agreed to such talks two weeks ago at their summit in Geneva.
The US had previously walked away from several agreements because Russia was said to have failed to abide by the rules. Moscow rejected this and repeatedly warned that an exit from the agreements could lead to a new arms race.
In early June, Putin sealed his country's withdrawal from the treaty on international military observation flights.
This left only one important arms control agreement between the United States and Russia: the New START nuclear disarmament treaty.
Shortly before its expiration in February, Biden and Putin had agreed on an extension.
The New START treaty limits the nuclear arsenals of both countries to 800 delivery systems and 1550 operational nuclear warheads each.
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