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France 24: Russia says ‘no progress’ on nuclear treaty ahead of deadline

Published Jan. 31, 2019 at 11:48 am

Russian Defense Ministry officials show off the Russia's 9M729 cruise missile at the military Patriot Park outside Moscow on Jan. 23, 2019.

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Moscow and Washington have made “no progress” in talks on saving a key arms control treaty, a Russian diplomat said on Jan. 31, with the United States expected to begin withdrawal this weekend.

Russian and US officials had met on the sidelines of a meeting of the five permanent members of the UN Security Council in Beijing to discuss the fate of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty (INF) — a source of raging tensions between Moscow and Washington.