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U.S., Russia Commit To Further New START Commission Meetings

Alissa Tabirian

Friday, July 21st, 2017

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Senior U.S. and Russian diplomats on July 17 pledged the nations to additional meetings of the Bilateral Consultative Commission for the bilateral New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), the State Department said July 18.U.S. Undersecretary of State Thomas Shannon Jr. and Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov “committed to holding future New START Bilateral Consultative Commission and Strategic Stability Talks and will exchange scheduling proposals in the near future,” according to a press statement from Foggy Bottom.The commission, per the…

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