U.S. and Russian diplomats have reached an agreement in principle to extend the New START agreement to tactical nuclear weapons — at least, that’s what U.S. presidential arms control envoy Marshall Billingslea said Tuesday. But Russian officials don’t seem to agree.
The sides have reached an agreement in principle “at the highest levels of our two governments,” Billingslea said at a Heritage Foundation event.
Last week, a unnamed Trump administration touted progress toward such an agreement. On Sunday, the Russian Mission to Vienna poured cold water on the Wall Street Journal’s report.
#Russia and #US didn’t agree on nuclear arsenals freeze. It’s unclear what the US media information is based upon. Framework agreement on #ArmsControl can be developed at any time should the US accept our proposals,” the embassy said on Twitter.




US: Russia Has Agreed to Extend New START to Tactical Nukes. Russia: No, We Haven’t - Defense One