U.S. has offered to hold talks on arm control issues with Russia - source

FILE PHOTO: National flags of Russia and the U.S. fly at Vnukovo International Airport in Moscow, Russia April 11, 2017. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov/File Photo - Copyright Maxim Shemetov(Reuters)

By Reuters

Published on 24/01/2019 - 15:32•Updated 20/04/2024 - 02:07

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has offered to hold talks on arm control issues with Russia on the sidelines of a United Nations meeting in Beijing next week, a senior State Department official said on Thursday.

Under Secretary of State Andrea Thompson told reporters the talks almost certainly would include a dispute over a Cold War-era treaty limiting intermediate-range missiles. Washington has pledged to withdraw from the pact because of what it charges is the deployment by Moscow of a new cruise missile that violates the treaty.

(Reporting by Jonathan Landay; editing by Jonathan Oatis)

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U.S. has offered to hold talks on arm control issues with Russia - source

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