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US likely to suspend INF obligations

The US is hoping for more discussions with Russia after after bilateral talks on nuclear policy failed to make headway.

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The US government will likely announce the suspension of its obligations under the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) with Russia in coming days.

The news comes after bilateral talks failed to make headway, a senior US official told Reuters.

"The Russians still aren't in acknowledgement that they are in violation of the treaty," US Under-Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs Andrea Thompson told Reuters in an interview.

Thompson added, however, that "diplomacy is never done" and she anticipated more discussions.


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