US And Russia To Start Nuclear Arms Negotiations Later This Month. China Invited

Today agreed with the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov on time and place for nuclear arms negotiations in June. China also invited. Will China show and negotiate in good faith?

— Ambassador Marshall S. Billingslea (@USArmsControl) June 8, 2020

CNN: US and Russia to meet for nuclear arms negotiations this month

US and Russian officials will meet later this month for nuclear arms negotiations, a top US arms control official announced Monday.

Special Presidential Envoy for Arms Control Marshall Billingslea said that he and his Russian counterpart, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov, have agreed "on time and place for nuclear arms negotiations in June."

The Trump administration has abandoned a number of key arms control pacts, most recently the Open Skies Treaty, in favor of seeking a three-party agreement with Russia and China. The insistence on a trilateral agreement is widely seen as a way to scuttle New START, the nuclear reduction treaty between the US and Russia that is set to expire in February 2021. Beijing has dismissed calls to participate in trilateral talks.

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WNU Editor: China is not going to show up .... China invited to nuclear talks with Russia and US, says Donald Trump’s arms control envoy (SCMP).

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