Trump Team Sees Window Opening for Russia Arms Control Talks
- U.S. wants China to join new arms treaty jointly with Russia
- Deputy secretary of state to meet counterpart in Geneva
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The U.S. is getting “strong signals” that Russia wants a more stable relationship with Washington, and the Trump administration wants to use that opening to press for a broad arms control agreement that would also include China, two senior American officials said.
The administration will test Moscow’s interest in such an agreement when Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan leads a delegation to Geneva on July 17 for meetings with Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov. The U.S. delegation will include the National Security Council’s new senior director for Russia, Tim Morrison. Morrison replaces the departing Fiona Hill.