US-Russia Nuclear Arms Talks Resume Today

DW: US, Russia meet to discuss nuclear arms pact 

The New START nuclear arms agreement, one of the last restraints on Russia and the United States, will expire in February. The two powers are meeting in Finland to discuss its future. 

Negotiators from Russia and the United States met on Monday in Helsinki for a new round of nuclear arms control talks, Finnish officials say. 

The one-day meeting was set to center around the future of the New START treaty. 

The pact limits strategic nuclear weapons and is due to expire in February 2021. 

The treaty is one of the final pacts restraining the two nuclear powers. 

The talks were led by US Arms Control Envoy Marshall Billingslea and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. 

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 More News On The Resumption Of Nuclear Arms Talks Between The U.S. And Russia 

Russia, US to Hold Strategic Stability Consultations on Monday, Deputy FM Says -- Sputnik 

Russia, USA to hold talks on strategic stability on Oct. 5: TASS -- Reuters 

  US, Russia to hold latest nuclear arms talks in Finland -- AP 

New START ‘will die’ because of unilateral US actions — Lavrov -- TASS 

Russia’s Top Arms Expert: Moscow Won’t ‘Be Drawn Into an Expensive Arms Race -- WSJ 

Bipartisan US congressional task force recommends extending nuclear treaty with Russia -- The Hill U.S., Russia Hit Impasse on New START -- Arms Control Association