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Lavrov Offers U.S. Talks on Extending Arms Accord: Munich Update

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Police officers stand in front of the Hotel Bayerischer Hof venue for the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich.

Police officers stand in front of the Hotel Bayerischer Hof venue for the Munich Security Conference (MSC) in Munich.

Photographer: Thomas Kienzle/AFP via Getty Images

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence addresses the Munich Security Conference alongside German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Chinese Politburo member Yang Jiechi and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

Lavrov says the Trump administration hasn’t yet agreed to hold any “meaningful consultations” on START arms treaty but Russia will continue to press U.S. on the issue.