US and Russia hold arms control talks in Geneva
Senior US and Russian officials met at the US diplomatic mission in Geneva on Wednesday to initiate arms control talks dubbed "strategic stability" with a focus on risk reduction.
US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and her counterpart, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov, led their respective delegations. The meeting did not yield any commitment beyond a pledge to meet again in late September, the State Department said after the meeting. "Today's meeting in Geneva was the beginning of this dialogue with the Russian Federation," it said. "The US delegation discussed US policy priorities and the current security environment, national perceptions of threats to strategic stability, prospects for new nuclear arms control, and the format for future Strategic Stability Dialogue sessions." State Department spokesman Ned Price said the informal consultations aimed to determine "topics for expert working groups" in the next round. He called the discussions "professional and substantive." Ryabkov told TASS news agency that he was satisfied with the meeting and that the United States had shown a readiness for a constructive dialogue.
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"wendy" is 0 fer 2 on high level meetings thus far....Cap is arrival yesterday