U.S., Russia May Seek Nuclear Talks in July, Deadline Looms
- U.S. envoy Billingslea called Vienna round “very productive”
- Washington still wants Chinese participation in negotiations
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The U.S. and Russia are planning to have more arms-control talks as early as July after discussions in Vienna yielded enough progress to continue negotiating over nuclear-weapons stockpiles.
The New START treaty between Washington and Moscow is set to expire in February and a failure to extend the pact or agree to a new one could raise risks posed by nuclear arms. The Trump administration has insisted that China take part in the talks so that they can move forward, a condition that Moscow has rejected.