US-Russia nuclear envoys make guarded comments as talks begin in Vienna
Uncertainty surrounds talks, after Trump repeatedly tried to bring China to the table
The US and Russia have restarted talks about their nuclear arsenals after a break of more than a year and uncertainty over whether Donald Trump is interested in salvaging arms control in the last four months before elections.
Trump’s new US arms control envoy, Marshall Billingslea, is leading a delegation meeting the Russian deputy foreign minister, Sergei Ryabkov, in Vienna. Trump had repeatedly asked for Beijing to send a representative, but the Chinese government has refused.