Russia, U.S. To Hold Nuclear Arms Control Talks On July 28

Reuters Zero Hedge: Russia Announces Bilateral Nuclear Arms Control Talks With Biden Administration 

Coming off the "positive" June Biden-Putin summit in Geneva, Russian media is now reporting the resumption of direct nuclear talks between Moscow in Washington set for end of this month.

"Russia and the United States have agreed to hold their first round of nuclear strategic stability talks on July 28 in Geneva, the Kommersant newspaper reported on Tuesday," according to Reuters. 

Biden and Putin had initially agreed that bilateral dialogue on nuclear arms control and reduction remains a top priority during last month's summit. This after during the Trump administration the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty was scrapped, after the US withdrew from it in 2019. 

New START was also on the chopping block. However, once Biden took office he scrambled to extend the New START nuclear arms reduction treaty with Russia, signing on to an immediate five year extension.  

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Update: Russia, U.S. to hold nuclear arms control talks on July 28 - Kommersant (Reuters)  

WNU Editor: I can predict what is going to happen. Russia is not going to decrease their arsenal .... With Cutting-Edge Hypersonics, Russia Leads in New Arms Race (Moscow Times/AFP).

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