VIENNA (REUTERS) - Nuclear weapons talks between the United States and Russia started in Vienna on Monday (June 22), with the two countries' envoys making only guarded comments shortly before they met.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
VIENNA - Nuclear weapons talks between the United States and Russia started in Vienna on Monday , with the two countries' envoys making only guarded comments shortly before they met.
Little has been said officially about the arms control negotiations but the US envoy has made clear they will be about nuclear weapons, suggesting they will include replacing the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty , which expires in February. "We'll see," US Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control Marshall Billingslea told Reuters when asked what he expected to come of the talks as he arrived with his delegation at a palace adjoining Austria's Foreign Ministry.His Russian interlocutor, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, was equally cautious, telling reporters soon afterwards:"Let's see, let's see. We are always very hopeful.
US President Donald Trump has repeatedly called for China to join the United States and Russia in talks on an agreement to replace New START. China, estimated to have about 300 nuclear weapons, has repeatedly rejected Trump's proposal.
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