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US, Russia to Hold Talks on 1987 Arms Accord


Russian and U.S. officials will meet in Moscow on Thursday to discuss a 1987 arms control treaty whose future could be in doubt.

Washington and Moscow have questioned each other’s commitment to the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) treaty and their relationship has deteriorated over the Ukraine crisis, with tensions heightened following a NATO summit last week.

“We believe that this is an important agreement and that it should be properly executed,” Interfax news agency quoted Mikhail Ulyanov, head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s non-proliferation and arms control department, as saying of the treaty.

He said talks on compliance with the treaty would take …read more

Source: Voice of America

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