The US has said it will resume talks with Russia “immediately” over the extension of a nuclear arms control deal between the two countries after Moscow agreed to consider a mutual freeze on atomic warheads.
An agreement on an extension of the 10-year New Start treaty beyond its February 5 expiry date would deliver a foreign policy win for Donald Trump two weeks before the US presidential election.
“We appreciate the Russian Federation’s willingness to make progress on the issue of nuclear arms control,” Morgan Ortagus, US state department spokesperson, said in a statement on Tuesday. “The United States is prepared to meet immediately to finalise a verifiable agreement. We expect Russia to empower its diplomats to do the same.”
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