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

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, July 19th, 2017

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

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Senior U.S. and Russian diplomats on Monday pledged the nations to additional meetings of the Bilateral Consultative Commission for the bilateral New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), the State Department said Tuesday.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 New START…

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